I don’t think incompetent and malicious are the only two options (I wouldn’t bet on either as the primary driver of Gleb’s behavior), and I don’t think they’re mutually exclusive or binary.
Also, the main job of the EA community is not to assess Gleb maximally accurately at all costs. Regardless of his motives, he seems less impactful and more destructive than the average EA, and he improves less per unit feedback than the average EA. Improving Gleb is low on tractability, low on neglectedness, and low on importance. Spending more of our resources on him unfairly privileges him and betrays the world and forsakes the good we can do in it.
I don’t think incompetent and malicious are the only two options (I wouldn’t bet on either as the primary driver of Gleb’s behavior), and I don’t think they’re mutually exclusive or binary.
Also, the main job of the EA community is not to assess Gleb maximally accurately at all costs. Regardless of his motives, he seems less impactful and more destructive than the average EA, and he improves less per unit feedback than the average EA. Improving Gleb is low on tractability, low on neglectedness, and low on importance. Spending more of our resources on him unfairly privileges him and betrays the world and forsakes the good we can do in it.
Views my own, not my employer’s.
That was a truly excellent argument. Thank you.
Thanks Kathy!