I think part of the issue is that the Time article sort of contains a very serious allegation about Will specifically, which he hasnât (yet*) publicly given evidence against (or clearly denied), namely Naia Bouscalâs allegation that he threatened Tara Mac Aulay. I say âsort ofâ, because saying someone âbasicallyâ X-ed, where X-ing is bad arguably carries the implication that it maybe wasnât really X exactly, but something a bit like it. Which makes it a bit hard to tell exactly what Naia was actually accusing Will of. Alas, as far as I know, sheâs not said more on here (she might have in another venue.)
Culpable mistakes and failures of integrity around very rich people with large amounts of money, are I expect common, and not *necessarily* a (strong) sign of personal bad character. Genuinely threatening someone in an âI will end your career in this spaceâ sort of way on the other hand, seems to me to be genuinely an indication of bad character.
*Weâll here what if anything he has to say about it in his interview on the Clearer Thinking podcast tonight.
I think part of the issue is that the Time article sort of contains a very serious allegation about Will specifically, which he hasnât (yet*) publicly given evidence against (or clearly denied), namely Naia Bouscalâs allegation that he threatened Tara Mac Aulay. I say âsort ofâ, because saying someone âbasicallyâ X-ed, where X-ing is bad arguably carries the implication that it maybe wasnât really X exactly, but something a bit like it. Which makes it a bit hard to tell exactly what Naia was actually accusing Will of. Alas, as far as I know, sheâs not said more on here (she might have in another venue.)
Culpable mistakes and failures of integrity around very rich people with large amounts of money, are I expect common, and not *necessarily* a (strong) sign of personal bad character. Genuinely threatening someone in an âI will end your career in this spaceâ sort of way on the other hand, seems to me to be genuinely an indication of bad character.
*Weâll here what if anything he has to say about it in his interview on the Clearer Thinking podcast tonight.
But I do take your point that Will was not the only person involved, or necessarily the most important internally.