I think this is a little unfair to Will. If an independent investigation asks you not to discuss something then presumably this is because they worry that you speaking would interfere with their investigation (perhaps they think it’s valuable to get independent views of what happened, rather than views informed by dialogue between different parties).
To my mind, if Will refused to heed a request from an independent investigation this would be strong evidence that he hadn’t learned the lessons of FTX (that he hadn’t learned the importance of good governance norms). The fact that he’s heeding the request, despite clearly wanting to speak out, I think is at least weak evidence that Will has learned valuable lessons here. I certainly think it’s unfair to call this a cop out.
Agreed, although it does raise potential questions for me about the firm and/or investigation. A request to avoid making public statements to avoiding tainting investigative leads of a small-to-midsize organization is easier to justify early on than many months in. Hard to assess how reasonable it is without inside knowledge though.
I think this is a little unfair to Will. If an independent investigation asks you not to discuss something then presumably this is because they worry that you speaking would interfere with their investigation (perhaps they think it’s valuable to get independent views of what happened, rather than views informed by dialogue between different parties).
To my mind, if Will refused to heed a request from an independent investigation this would be strong evidence that he hadn’t learned the lessons of FTX (that he hadn’t learned the importance of good governance norms). The fact that he’s heeding the request, despite clearly wanting to speak out, I think is at least weak evidence that Will has learned valuable lessons here. I certainly think it’s unfair to call this a cop out.
Agreed, although it does raise potential questions for me about the firm and/or investigation. A request to avoid making public statements to avoiding tainting investigative leads of a small-to-midsize organization is easier to justify early on than many months in. Hard to assess how reasonable it is without inside knowledge though.