I very much want this not to be true, but I suspect that if the Time editorial staff has done their due diligence, the odds of that are low. Thus it needs to be said:
Anyone who was publicly proclaiming to care about long-termism but then secretly ignoring the broken step that was SBFâeffectively trading ethics and morality for money and powerâis not only a hypocrite but has done far more damage to EA than their lifetime contributions could ever offset.
I have argued previously that conflating the actions of a person with the values of a group is a fallacy. However, when a subset of that groupâespecially ones in leadership rolesâconspires to bury unseemly information, it starts to look like the whole group is specious, tainted, and untrustworthy.
I look forward to the independent investigation report. But as resilient as Iâve been to the SBF implosion thus far, this is making me seriously reconsider how closely I want to associate with EA.
I very much want this not to be true, but I suspect that if the Time editorial staff has done their due diligence, the odds of that are low. Thus it needs to be said:
Anyone who was publicly proclaiming to care about long-termism but then secretly ignoring the broken step that was SBFâeffectively trading ethics and morality for money and powerâis not only a hypocrite but has done far more damage to EA than their lifetime contributions could ever offset.
I have argued previously that conflating the actions of a person with the values of a group is a fallacy. However, when a subset of that groupâespecially ones in leadership rolesâconspires to bury unseemly information, it starts to look like the whole group is specious, tainted, and untrustworthy.
I look forward to the independent investigation report. But as resilient as Iâve been to the SBF implosion thus far, this is making me seriously reconsider how closely I want to associate with EA.