I guess I’m reading more into it. To me it looks something like: “Haha, Greg is so naive to think that rank and file EAs can be trusted to do good things if we give them free money, no strings attached. See, this is the kind of thing we should expect.” Possibly with the additional: “And why not? EA is no longer funding constrained, and there isn’t much that non-expert, small-to-medium donors can do with money now” [both quotes would come with more courteous, careful phrasing, and caveats, in real life of course. I’ve written it how I have because I’m somewhat emotionally invested; my apologies.].
And outsiders looking on might be thinking “See, these so-called ‘effective altruists’ are no different than the rest of us when it really comes down to it. The most upvoted comment on a thread about an airdrop is one about spending the cash on a house!”
I guess I’m reading more into it. To me it looks something like: “Haha, Greg is so naive to think that rank and file EAs can be trusted to do good things if we give them free money, no strings attached. See, this is the kind of thing we should expect.” Possibly with the additional: “And why not? EA is no longer funding constrained, and there isn’t much that non-expert, small-to-medium donors can do with money now” [both quotes would come with more courteous, careful phrasing, and caveats, in real life of course. I’ve written it how I have because I’m somewhat emotionally invested; my apologies.].
And outsiders looking on might be thinking “See, these so-called ‘effective altruists’ are no different than the rest of us when it really comes down to it. The most upvoted comment on a thread about an airdrop is one about spending the cash on a house!”