[I feel like] the crisis has (at least) 2 sides for EA paths:
Before the crisis exploded, it changed people’s behavior. Falsely believing that there was more money than there was made a difference. Like if I had known much sooner that FTX was basically in debt, (eg they hadn’t covered it up) I would have started my own company, but I did not because I thought there was no need to E2G.
After the crisis exploded and we came to realize that there wasnt as much money. This one is isn’t as relevant to me personally because I haven’t ruled anything out yet.
But I agreevoted for #1. I guess I’d count the relevant critical behavior as having started before November, back when I was making other decisions, and I definitely messed up because of misinformed belief
Possibly broader alternative wording: The existence of the FTX Future Fund caused me to take actions that were to my detriment in retrospect, AND that I would not have taken those actions had the FTXFF never existed, had I known FTX was a fraud, and/or had I known the FTXFF would collapse.
The FTX crisis has caused me to not take actions I would have otherwise.
edit: I don’t have great theories of what actions people mean. Could anyone give examples?
Possible examples:
You lost a lot of money, so you can’t go down a risky career path anymore.
You were about to found a charity funded by FTX.
You were about to do a degree funded by FTX.
Applying for grant funding, for example.
[I feel like] the crisis has (at least) 2 sides for EA paths:
Before the crisis exploded, it changed people’s behavior. Falsely believing that there was more money than there was made a difference. Like if I had known much sooner that FTX was basically in debt, (eg they hadn’t covered it up) I would have started my own company, but I did not because I thought there was no need to E2G.
After the crisis exploded and we came to realize that there wasnt as much money. This one is isn’t as relevant to me personally because I haven’t ruled anything out yet.
But I agreevoted for #1. I guess I’d count the relevant critical behavior as having started before November, back when I was making other decisions, and I definitely messed up because of misinformed belief
Possibly broader alternative wording: The existence of the FTX Future Fund caused me to take actions that were to my detriment in retrospect, AND that I would not have taken those actions had the FTXFF never existed, had I known FTX was a fraud, and/or had I known the FTXFF would collapse.