I received a small grant from the FF. I was conflicted on whether to take it anyway, given that I didn’t see FTX (or any crypto company) in a good light even before this story. Now I feel somewhat worse about it.
I think there are a few things that would come into play here:
If we give the money back, assuming that’s even an option, does it go to someone in need or to someone rich?
Can we afford it? I think I could, so there’s a big chance I would choose to do this if requested. But I don’t expect anyone to burn their savings for this like Gideon said.
I’m currently participating in a program which was also funded by the FF, and which paid a much larger sum than my personal grant for things like my housing during the time of the program. So on the one hand this is something that for me would be harder to pay back. On the other hand:
At some point we have to consider ourselves far enough removed from the action—it’s not like we chose to get specifically FF money by participating. It’s not even like someone receiving a grant from the FF chose to participate in fraud.
I think, if grant money has been spent in good faith, then it makes ethical sense to treat it as gone and not needing to be repaid. I don’t think anyone should make themselves financially worse off for having received a grant.
I received a small grant from the FF. I was conflicted on whether to take it anyway, given that I didn’t see FTX (or any crypto company) in a good light even before this story. Now I feel somewhat worse about it.
I think there are a few things that would come into play here:
If we give the money back, assuming that’s even an option, does it go to someone in need or to someone rich?
Can we afford it? I think I could, so there’s a big chance I would choose to do this if requested. But I don’t expect anyone to burn their savings for this like Gideon said.
I’m currently participating in a program which was also funded by the FF, and which paid a much larger sum than my personal grant for things like my housing during the time of the program. So on the one hand this is something that for me would be harder to pay back. On the other hand:
At some point we have to consider ourselves far enough removed from the action—it’s not like we chose to get specifically FF money by participating. It’s not even like someone receiving a grant from the FF chose to participate in fraud.
I think, if grant money has been spent in good faith, then it makes ethical sense to treat it as gone and not needing to be repaid. I don’t think anyone should make themselves financially worse off for having received a grant.