I sympathise with this and generally think that EA should take conflicts of interest more seriously.
That said, I think this is subtly the wrong question: what we really want is, “how rational are the judges?” How often did they change their mind in response to arguments of various kinds from various places of various tones?
Can we say anything to convince you of that? Maybe.
Anyway: Most days I feel like more of a “holy shit x-risk” guy than a strong longtermist. I briefly worked in international development, was a socialist, a feminist, a vegan, an e2g, etc, etc. I took and liked a bunch of classes on weird things like Nietzsche, Derrida, Bourdieu. My comments on here are a good sample of me on my best behaviour.
I sympathise with this and generally think that EA should take conflicts of interest more seriously.
That said, I think this is subtly the wrong question: what we really want is, “how rational are the judges?” How often did they change their mind in response to arguments of various kinds from various places of various tones?
Can we say anything to convince you of that? Maybe.
Anyway: Most days I feel like more of a “holy shit x-risk” guy than a strong longtermist. I briefly worked in international development, was a socialist, a feminist, a vegan, an e2g, etc, etc. I took and liked a bunch of classes on weird things like Nietzsche, Derrida, Bourdieu. My comments on here are a good sample of me on my best behaviour.