Beyond any matter related to Nick Bostrom’s recent apology, my two cents is that the answer is that, generally, no, most of the effective altruism community doesn’t know how to apologize well.
There’s a general lack of competence in (and at times active disdain for) skills in PR and communications in EA. Which for a movement that wants to convince people of things and attract membership seems problematic
I’d go so far as to say that most people do not know how to apologize well, especially outside of an interpersonal context. I actually thought the Bostrom apology was about average (which is say bad but not totally meaningless).
I tend to agree, though I answered the question this way because I’ve noticed a pattern much of the time during the last few years of actors in the EA community tending to apologize poorly much of the time.
I didn’t have time to provide more examples when I wrote the comment, though I figure offering simple takes are okay to open-ended question posts like this anyway. It seems from how my comment has received that most people who’ve bothered checking this comment have in mind that kind of trend in EA I’m alluding to and, not only agree, but appreciate at least one person, like me, putting it plainly.
Beyond any matter related to Nick Bostrom’s recent apology, my two cents is that the answer is that, generally, no, most of the effective altruism community doesn’t know how to apologize well.
There’s a general lack of competence in (and at times active disdain for) skills in PR and communications in EA. Which for a movement that wants to convince people of things and attract membership seems problematic
I’d go so far as to say that most people do not know how to apologize well, especially outside of an interpersonal context. I actually thought the Bostrom apology was about average (which is say bad but not totally meaningless).
I tend to agree, though I answered the question this way because I’ve noticed a pattern much of the time during the last few years of actors in the EA community tending to apologize poorly much of the time.
I didn’t have time to provide more examples when I wrote the comment, though I figure offering simple takes are okay to open-ended question posts like this anyway. It seems from how my comment has received that most people who’ve bothered checking this comment have in mind that kind of trend in EA I’m alluding to and, not only agree, but appreciate at least one person, like me, putting it plainly.