Thanks for this excellent comment. I’m not going to respond more since I’m not sure what I think any more, but I just wanted to clarify one thing.
Also, suggesting that “there are no adults in the room” I think can come across pretty demeaning to all the people who have spent years of their life working on shaping the EA movement.
I’m sorry about that! That wasn’t my intention: I was trying to present the idea of the “adults” as hypothetical serious beings in comparison to whom we are like children. I don’t mean to imply that the people doing work in EA are not serious or competent, but I do think it’s wrong and unfair to think that they are at some ideal level of seriousness or competency (which few if any people can live up to, and shouldn’t be expected to without consent and serious vetting).
Thanks for this excellent comment. I’m not going to respond more since I’m not sure what I think any more, but I just wanted to clarify one thing.
I’m sorry about that! That wasn’t my intention: I was trying to present the idea of the “adults” as hypothetical serious beings in comparison to whom we are like children. I don’t mean to imply that the people doing work in EA are not serious or competent, but I do think it’s wrong and unfair to think that they are at some ideal level of seriousness or competency (which few if any people can live up to, and shouldn’t be expected to without consent and serious vetting).
No need to apologize! Thought I’d share this in case it’s a meaningful update
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/oosCitFzBup2P3etg/insider-ea-content-in-gideon-lewis-kraus-s-recent-new-yorker