if MacAskill was personally neutral or skeptical on the object-level question of whether SBF should buy Twitter, do you think he should have helped SBF out
If Will had no reason to think SBF was a bad egg, then I’d guess he should have helped out even if he thought the thing was not the optimal use of Sam’s money. (While also complaining that he thinks the investment is a bad idea.)
If Will thought SBF was a “bad egg”, then it could be more important to establish influence with him, because you don’t need to establish influence (as in ‘willingness to cooperate’) with someone who is entirely value-aligned with you.
If Will had no reason to think SBF was a bad egg, then I’d guess he should have helped out even if he thought the thing was not the optimal use of Sam’s money. (While also complaining that he thinks the investment is a bad idea.)
If Will thought SBF was a “bad egg”, then it could be more important to establish influence with him, because you don’t need to establish influence (as in ‘willingness to cooperate’) with someone who is entirely value-aligned with you.