+1 to basically all of this and thanks for adding context to the stickers thing.
I also want to add—Again, Beckstead, MacAskill and Karnofsky are not 80k. So going back to the original claim that we’re discussing (and others like it I guess):
But I cannot wrap my head around why—knowing what it appears they knew then—anyone thought it was a good idea to put this guy on a pedestal; to elevate him as a moral paragon and someone to emulate; to tie EA’s reputation so closely to his.
Well, “they” are not 80k, so I’m really not surprised 80k featured SBF positively on their website. “EA leaders” are not a single shadowy entity, they’re a group of individuals who get packaged together in a variety of combinations when people realise there are no adults in the room.
+1 to basically all of this and thanks for adding context to the stickers thing.
I also want to add—Again, Beckstead, MacAskill and Karnofsky are not 80k. So going back to the original claim that we’re discussing (and others like it I guess):
Well, “they” are not 80k, so I’m really not surprised 80k featured SBF positively on their website. “EA leaders” are not a single shadowy entity, they’re a group of individuals who get packaged together in a variety of combinations when people realise there are no adults in the room.