I believe that, even in the face of this particular disaster, who EAs are fucking is none of EA’s business. There are very limited exceptions to this rule like “maybe don’t fuck your direct report” or [...]
Is the word “maybe” here just a style of writing? Should the EA community tolerate some cases in which person A is having sex with a person B who is a direct report of A (in an EA org)?
I realize that inserting hedge words can allow one to publish things using much less time and energy (which can be a very good reason to insert hedge words).
Because as somebody who could potentially be mistaken for a Leader I want to be pretty derned careful about laying down laws to regulate other people’s sexuality; and while something like that would definitely be a red flag at, like, idk, CEA or MIRI, maybe it’s different if we’re talking about a 3-person startup. Maybe you’ll say it’s still ill-advised, but I don’t know their circumstances and there’s also a difference between ill-advised and Forbidden. I feel a lot more comfortable leaving out the ‘maybe’ when I pontificate my legislation about informing a donor that your recommended grantee is one with whom you’ve had a relationship—though even there, come to think, I’m relying on all the donors I ever talk to being sensible people who aren’t going to go “OH NO, PREMARITAL SEX” about it.
Is the word “maybe” here just a style of writing? Should the EA community tolerate some cases in which person A is having sex with a person B who is a direct report of A (in an EA org)?
I realize that inserting hedge words can allow one to publish things using much less time and energy (which can be a very good reason to insert hedge words).
Because as somebody who could potentially be mistaken for a Leader I want to be pretty derned careful about laying down laws to regulate other people’s sexuality; and while something like that would definitely be a red flag at, like, idk, CEA or MIRI, maybe it’s different if we’re talking about a 3-person startup. Maybe you’ll say it’s still ill-advised, but I don’t know their circumstances and there’s also a difference between ill-advised and Forbidden. I feel a lot more comfortable leaving out the ‘maybe’ when I pontificate my legislation about informing a donor that your recommended grantee is one with whom you’ve had a relationship—though even there, come to think, I’m relying on all the donors I ever talk to being sensible people who aren’t going to go “OH NO, PREMARITAL SEX” about it.