> The attitude in EA communities is “give an inch, fight a mile”. So I’ll choose to be less legible instead.
I assume you meant that EAs are the ones fighting OP, with things like poor comments?[1]
If you feel that way, that seems intensely bad, for both you and the rest of the community.
I’m obviously saddened that reactions from this community seem to have been so frustrating. It also generally seems unhealthy to have an epistemic environment like this.
I’m really curious about ways to make these communications go better. My impression is that: 1. Communication is very important. 2. Most (though not all) people in OP+EA are very reasonable and altruistic. 3. It is often the case that posting important content on the EA Forum is unpleasant. Sometimes the most upset people might respond, for instance, and upvotes/downvotes can be scary. I know a lot of people who very much avoid this.
This doesn’t seem like it should be an impossible knot to me. Even if it cost $10M+ to hire some professional business coaches or something, that seems very likely worth it to me. We could move key conversations to any possible platforms that might be smoother. (Conversations, podcasts, AMAs, private or public, etc).
I’m not sure if I could be useful here, but definitely happy to help if there are ideas. If there are suggestions you have for me or community members to make things go better, I’d be eager.
I personally strongly care about communication between these parties feeling open and not adversarial—I like and value both these groups (OP + EA) a lot, and it really seems like a pity (a huge amount of EV lost) if communication is seriously strained.
[1](It could also mean external journalists anti-EA doing the fighting, with blog posts)
Thanks for explaining your position here!
(Again, feel free to stop this at any time)
> The attitude in EA communities is “give an inch, fight a mile”. So I’ll choose to be less legible instead.
I assume you meant that EAs are the ones fighting OP, with things like poor comments?[1]
If you feel that way, that seems intensely bad, for both you and the rest of the community.
I’m obviously saddened that reactions from this community seem to have been so frustrating. It also generally seems unhealthy to have an epistemic environment like this.
I’m really curious about ways to make these communications go better. My impression is that:
1. Communication is very important.
2. Most (though not all) people in OP+EA are very reasonable and altruistic.
3. It is often the case that posting important content on the EA Forum is unpleasant. Sometimes the most upset people might respond, for instance, and upvotes/downvotes can be scary. I know a lot of people who very much avoid this.
This doesn’t seem like it should be an impossible knot to me. Even if it cost $10M+ to hire some professional business coaches or something, that seems very likely worth it to me. We could move key conversations to any possible platforms that might be smoother. (Conversations, podcasts, AMAs, private or public, etc).
I’m not sure if I could be useful here, but definitely happy to help if there are ideas. If there are suggestions you have for me or community members to make things go better, I’d be eager.
I personally strongly care about communication between these parties feeling open and not adversarial—I like and value both these groups (OP + EA) a lot, and it really seems like a pity (a huge amount of EV lost) if communication is seriously strained.
[1](It could also mean external journalists anti-EA doing the fighting, with blog posts)