I would reiterate that this was only on my website for a few weeks, and I removed it as soon as I got the negative feedback. [Edit: As I say in my detailed comment, I viewed the term “co-founder” in terms of the broad base of people who built EA as a social movement. Others read it as a narrower term, such as the 1-3 co-founders of a typical company or nonprofit. Now I just avoid the term because I think it’s too vague and confusing.]
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It’s briefly referenced in this recent post, though I don’t think this is what John was talking about.
https://jacyanthis.com/some-early-history-of-effective-altruism
Ah, I only just noticed this had gone online. I think the story Jacy tells is potentially a bit misleading, so I’ve left some comments here.
Thanks. I agree with essentially all of this, and I left a comment with details: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/ZbdNFuEP2zWN5w2Yx/ryancarey-s-shortform?commentId=oxodp9BzigZ5qgEHg
I would reiterate that this was only on my website for a few weeks, and I removed it as soon as I got the negative feedback. [Edit: As I say in my detailed comment, I viewed the term “co-founder” in terms of the broad base of people who built EA as a social movement. Others read it as a narrower term, such as the 1-3 co-founders of a typical company or nonprofit. Now I just avoid the term because I think it’s too vague and confusing.]
You removed it after people called you out on it being bullshit and you know it isn’t true.
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