I often think about transparency in relation to allies, competitors and others:
Allies are on my team. We have shared norms and can make deals
Competitors are not on my team and are either working against my interests or too chaotic to work with
Others are randoms I don’t know enough about.
Generally I feel obliged to be truthful to allies and others and transparent to allies. So I’d say I like EA to anyone, but I wouldn’t feel the need to reveal it to any random person and particularly not someone who is against me.
What I think is more interesting from some of this discourse is that people see eg their government employers as competitors here. I think that would change the frame of how I went to work if I didn’t think I was in a collaborative relationship with my boss.
That’s interesting, thanks for sharing this. The framework of thought is useful.
I think there’s a key component that I still see: on top of being the default, not being outspoken about one’s EA affiliation sometimes require some efforts, it’s not about “not feeling the need to reveal” but “feeling the need to conceal” (e.g. not sharing events with networks and friends, not appearing on pictures of EA events).
I often think about transparency in relation to allies, competitors and others:
Allies are on my team. We have shared norms and can make deals
Competitors are not on my team and are either working against my interests or too chaotic to work with
Others are randoms I don’t know enough about.
Generally I feel obliged to be truthful to allies and others and transparent to allies. So I’d say I like EA to anyone, but I wouldn’t feel the need to reveal it to any random person and particularly not someone who is against me.
What I think is more interesting from some of this discourse is that people see eg their government employers as competitors here. I think that would change the frame of how I went to work if I didn’t think I was in a collaborative relationship with my boss.
That’s interesting, thanks for sharing this. The framework of thought is useful.
I think there’s a key component that I still see: on top of being the default, not being outspoken about one’s EA affiliation sometimes require some efforts, it’s not about “not feeling the need to reveal” but “feeling the need to conceal” (e.g. not sharing events with networks and friends, not appearing on pictures of EA events).
But again, I do think some cases are exceptional.