Registering that this line of questioning (and volume of questions) strikes me as a bit off-putting/ too intense.
If someone asked about what “What were the key concerns here, and how were they discussed?” [...] “what questions did you ask, and what were the key considerations/evidence?” about interactions I had years ago, I would feel like they’re holding me to an unrealistic standard of memory or documentation.
(Although I do acknowledge the mood that these were some really important interactions. Scrutiny is an appropriate reaction, but I still find this off-putting.)
I understand that that impression/reaction. As I mentioned, the intention behind offering a bunch of specific and varied questions is that they might prompt reflection from different angles, different thoughts and memories, angles on it that provide new insight or that MacAskill finds more comfortable sharing—not that each would be responded to in forensic detail.
“I’m not expecting that you’d answer every single one of these questions (there’s a lot!), but my hope is that their variety might prompt reflections and recollections. I imagine It could be the case that you can’t answer any of the questions below—perhaps you feel its Beckstead’s story to tell and you don’t want to tell it for him, or Beckstead is currently in law suits and legal jeopardy so this can’t be discussed publicly. If so that’s understandable.”
Registering that this line of questioning (and volume of questions) strikes me as a bit off-putting/ too intense.
If someone asked about what “What were the key concerns here, and how were they discussed?” [...] “what questions did you ask, and what were the key considerations/evidence?” about interactions I had years ago, I would feel like they’re holding me to an unrealistic standard of memory or documentation.
(Although I do acknowledge the mood that these were some really important interactions. Scrutiny is an appropriate reaction, but I still find this off-putting.)
These seem pretty reasonable questions to me.
Fair enough. Interesting to see people’s different intuitions on this.
I understand that that impression/reaction. As I mentioned, the intention behind offering a bunch of specific and varied questions is that they might prompt reflection from different angles, different thoughts and memories, angles on it that provide new insight or that MacAskill finds more comfortable sharing—not that each would be responded to in forensic detail.
Oh sorry, I missed this! I should have read that more closely before commenting.