It’s a comment that is typical of Jacy—he cannot help but dissemble. “I am also stepping back from the EA community more generally, as I have been planning to since last year in order to focus on my research.” It makes it sound like he was going to step back anyway even while he was touting himself as an EA co-founder and was about to promote his book! In fact, if you read between the lines, CEA severed ties between him and the community. He then pretends that he was going to do this anyway. The whole apology is completely pathetic.
It’s a comment that is typical of Jacy—he cannot help but dissemble. “I am also stepping back from the EA community more generally, as I have been planning to since last year in order to focus on my research.” It makes it sound like he was going to step back anyway even while he was touting himself as an EA co-founder and was about to promote his book! In fact, if you read between the lines, CEA severed ties between him and the community. He then pretends that he was going to do this anyway. The whole apology is completely pathetic.