I think you’ve both raised good points. Way upthread @Habryka said “I don’t see a super principled argument for giving two weeks instead of one week”, but if I were unfairly accused I’d certainly want a full two weeks! So Kat’s request for a full week to gather evidence seems reasonable [ed: under the principle of due process], and I don’t see what sort of opportunities would’ve existed for retribution from K&E in the two-week case that didn’t exist in the one-week case.
However, when I read Ben’s post (like TW, I did this “fresh” about two days ago; I didn’t see Ben’s post until Kat’s post was up) it sounds like there was more evidence behind it than he specifically detailed (e.g. “I talked to many people who interacted with Emerson and Kat who had many active ethical concerns about them and strongly negative opinions”). Given this, plus concerning aspects of Kat’s response, I think Ben’s post is probably broadly accurate―perhaps overbiased against NL based on the evidence I’ve seen, but perhaps that’s compensated by evidence I haven’t seen, that was only alluded to.
(Edit: but it also seems like the wording of Ben’s piece would’ve softened if they’d waited a bit longer, so… basically I lean more toward TW’s position. But also, I don’t expect the wording to have softened that much. This is all so damn nuanced! Also, I actually think even a partial softening of Ben’s post would’ve been important and might have materially changed Kat’s response and increased community cohesion. K&E likely have personality flaws, but are also likely EAs and rationalists at heart. I respect that, and I respect the apparently substantial funds they put into trying to do good, and so it seems like it would’ve been worth spending more time to get Ben’s initial post right. I’m sad about this situation, I guess because I feel that both Ben and Kat’s posts were worded in somewhat unfair ways, and I’m unconvinced that quite so much acrimony was necessary.)
I think you’ve both raised good points. Way upthread @Habryka said “I don’t see a super principled argument for giving two weeks instead of one week”, but if I were unfairly accused I’d certainly want a full two weeks! So Kat’s request for a full week to gather evidence seems reasonable [ed: under the principle of due process], and I don’t see what sort of opportunities would’ve existed for retribution from K&E in the two-week case that didn’t exist in the one-week case.
However, when I read Ben’s post (like TW, I did this “fresh” about two days ago; I didn’t see Ben’s post until Kat’s post was up) it sounds like there was more evidence behind it than he specifically detailed (e.g. “I talked to many people who interacted with Emerson and Kat who had many active ethical concerns about them and strongly negative opinions”). Given this, plus concerning aspects of Kat’s response, I think Ben’s post is probably broadly accurate―perhaps overbiased against NL based on the evidence I’ve seen, but perhaps that’s compensated by evidence I haven’t seen, that was only alluded to.
(Edit: but it also seems like the wording of Ben’s piece would’ve softened if they’d waited a bit longer, so… basically I lean more toward TW’s position. But also, I don’t expect the wording to have softened that much. This is all so damn nuanced! Also, I actually think even a partial softening of Ben’s post would’ve been important and might have materially changed Kat’s response and increased community cohesion. K&E likely have personality flaws, but are also likely EAs and rationalists at heart. I respect that, and I respect the apparently substantial funds they put into trying to do good, and so it seems like it would’ve been worth spending more time to get Ben’s initial post right. I’m sad about this situation, I guess because I feel that both Ben and Kat’s posts were worded in somewhat unfair ways, and I’m unconvinced that quite so much acrimony was necessary.)