Really sorry to hear about your experiences. I hope that if you attend further events, that you have better experiences in the future.
I think that it is valid for EA to think carefully about its target audience and whether we want to target “intellectual elites” or more broadly, but that doesn’t mean that people should be rude at events and I’m sad whenever I hear people discuss this in an unproductive way.
Really sorry to hear about your experiences. I hope that if you attend further events, that you have better experiences in the future.
I think that it is valid for EA to think carefully about its target audience and whether we want to target “intellectual elites” or more broadly, but that doesn’t mean that people should be rude at events and I’m sad whenever I hear people discuss this in an unproductive way.