This is clearly an outstanding issue for a non-negligible proportion of the community. It doesn’t matter if some people consider the issue closed, or the investigation superfluous; this investigation would bring that closure to the rest of EA. Everyone here should be interested in the unity that would come from this.
Indeed. And if EA leaders do believe that the issue is closed or that an investigation would be superfluous (which seems to be a common, if not the default, leadership position), they should make the case for that position explicitly and publicly. As things stand, the clearest articulation I’ve seen as to why there hasn’t been an independent investigation comes from Rob Bensinger’s account of what an unidentified “EA who was involved in EA’s response to the FTX implosion” told him based on information that dated from ~April 2023 and “might be out of date”.
this investigation would bring that closure to the rest of EA.
I think how much closure the investigation brings will depend significantly on what it includes and what it concludes, and I think different people will have different standards about what will satisfy them. While I am in favour of more investigation, I would guess that realistically feasible investigations will not be able to close all relevant questions or really settle everything relevant in the collective mind of the community.
This is clearly an outstanding issue for a non-negligible proportion of the community. It doesn’t matter if some people consider the issue closed, or the investigation superfluous; this investigation would bring that closure to the rest of EA. Everyone here should be interested in the unity that would come from this.
Indeed. And if EA leaders do believe that the issue is closed or that an investigation would be superfluous (which seems to be a common, if not the default, leadership position), they should make the case for that position explicitly and publicly. As things stand, the clearest articulation I’ve seen as to why there hasn’t been an independent investigation comes from Rob Bensinger’s account of what an unidentified “EA who was involved in EA’s response to the FTX implosion” told him based on information that dated from ~April 2023 and “might be out of date”.
I think how much closure the investigation brings will depend significantly on what it includes and what it concludes, and I think different people will have different standards about what will satisfy them. While I am in favour of more investigation, I would guess that realistically feasible investigations will not be able to close all relevant questions or really settle everything relevant in the collective mind of the community.