This seems to be a false equivalence. There’s a big difference between asking “did this writer, who wrote a bit about ethics and this person read, influence this person?” vs “did this philosophy and social movement, which focuses on ethics and this person explicitly said they were inspired by, influence this person?”
I agree with you that the question
Who’s at fault for FTX’s wrongdoing?
has the answer
FTX
But the question
Who else is at fault for FTX’s wrongdoing?
Is nevertheless sensible and cannot have the answer FTX.
The inferential jump from someone reading a book in their spare time, making a pretty superficial Goodreads review about a main takeaway, to
It sounds like—Caroline might have been under the impression, as late as Oct 10, that what she was doing at FTX was the thing that’s hard and scary but right?
Is a pretty big one, and kinda egregious honestly.
This seems to be a false equivalence. There’s a big difference between asking “did this writer, who wrote a bit about ethics and this person read, influence this person?” vs “did this philosophy and social movement, which focuses on ethics and this person explicitly said they were inspired by, influence this person?”
I agree with you that the question
has the answer
But the question
Is nevertheless sensible and cannot have the answer FTX.
Couldn’t agree more strongly.
The inferential jump from someone reading a book in their spare time, making a pretty superficial Goodreads review about a main takeaway, to
Is a pretty big one, and kinda egregious honestly.