The point there isn’t so much, “He could not have had any EA thoughts in his head at all”, which I doubt is really true—though also there could’ve just been pressure from coworkers, and office politics around it, resolving in something like the Future Fund so that they were doing anything. My point is just that this nightmare is probably not one of a True Sincere Committed EA Act Utilitarian doing these things; that person would’ve tried to take more money off the table, earlier, for the Future Fund. Needing an e-sports site named after your company—that’s indeed something that other businesses do for business reasons; and if it feeds your business, that’s real, that’s urgent, that has to happen now. The philanthropy side was evidently not like that.
“My point is just that this nightmare is probably not one of a True Sincere Committed EA Act Utilitarian doing these things”—I agree that this is most likely true, but my point is that it’s difficult to suss out the “real” EAs using the criteria listed. Many billionaires believe that the best course of philanthropic action is to continue accruing/investing money before giving it away.
Anyways, my point is more academic than practical, the FTX fraud seems pretty straight forward and I appreciate your take. I wonder if this forum would be having the same sorts of convos after Thanos snaps his fingers.
The point there isn’t so much, “He could not have had any EA thoughts in his head at all”, which I doubt is really true—though also there could’ve just been pressure from coworkers, and office politics around it, resolving in something like the Future Fund so that they were doing anything. My point is just that this nightmare is probably not one of a True Sincere Committed EA Act Utilitarian doing these things; that person would’ve tried to take more money off the table, earlier, for the Future Fund. Needing an e-sports site named after your company—that’s indeed something that other businesses do for business reasons; and if it feeds your business, that’s real, that’s urgent, that has to happen now. The philanthropy side was evidently not like that.
“My point is just that this nightmare is probably not one of a True Sincere Committed EA Act Utilitarian doing these things”—I agree that this is most likely true, but my point is that it’s difficult to suss out the “real” EAs using the criteria listed. Many billionaires believe that the best course of philanthropic action is to continue accruing/investing money before giving it away.
Anyways, my point is more academic than practical, the FTX fraud seems pretty straight forward and I appreciate your take. I wonder if this forum would be having the same sorts of convos after Thanos snaps his fingers.