Which senior decision makers in EA played a part in the decision to make the Carrick Flynn campaign happen? Did any express the desire for it not to? Who signed off on the decision to make the campaign manager someone with no political experience?
I would add that SBF and people around him decided to invest a lot of resources into this. As far as I can tell, he didn’t seem interested in people’s thoughts on whether this is a good idea. Most EAs thought it wasn’t wise to spend so much on the campaign.
I also just made an edit after reflecting a bit more on it and talking to some other people:
[edit: On more reflection and talking to some more people, my guess is there was actually more social pressure involved here than this paragraph implies. Like, I think it was closer to “a bunch of kind-of-but-not-very influential reached out to him and told him that they think it would be quite impactful and good for the world if he ran”, and my updated model of Carrick really wasn’t personally attracted to running for office, and the overall experience was not great for him]
I would add that SBF and people around him decided to invest a lot of resources into this. As far as I can tell, he didn’t seem interested in people’s thoughts on whether this is a good idea. Most EAs thought it wasn’t wise to spend so much on the campaign.
I also just made an edit after reflecting a bit more on it and talking to some other people: