For me, this is an excellent revelation. I rescind the comment I made on Facebook that I wouldn’t take the Pledge if it wasn’t changed. In light of this knowledge, I’ll consider taking the Pledge even if it isn’t changed. In light of this, I am also updating in the direction that Giving What We Can shouldn’t change its pledge, in order to protect its brand, to keep it independent from the (possibly misguided) tides of effective altruism in the future, and to respect the preferences of its members, as individuals and as a whole community, who joined under the impression that they took the Pledge based upon its original tenets.
For me, this is an excellent revelation. I rescind the comment I made on Facebook that I wouldn’t take the Pledge if it wasn’t changed. In light of this knowledge, I’ll consider taking the Pledge even if it isn’t changed. In light of this, I am also updating in the direction that Giving What We Can shouldn’t change its pledge, in order to protect its brand, to keep it independent from the (possibly misguided) tides of effective altruism in the future, and to respect the preferences of its members, as individuals and as a whole community, who joined under the impression that they took the Pledge based upon its original tenets.