it seems plausible to me that this relative lack of quantitative inclination played a role in Open Philanthropy making comparatively suboptimal grants in the criminal justice space
I read this as a formal and softened way of saying âChloe made avoidably bad grants because she wouldnât do the mathâ. Different people will interpret the softening differently: it can come across either as âhey maybe this could have been a piece of what happened?â or âthis is totally what I think happened, but if I say it bluntly that would be rudeâ.
Yeah, well, I havenât thought about this case much, so maybe thereâs some good counterargument, but I think of personal attacks as âthis personâs hair looks uglyâ or âthis person isnât fun at partiesâ, not âthis person is not strong in an area of the job that I think is keyâ. Professional criticism seems quite different from personal attacks, and I hold different norms around how appropriate it is to bring up in public contexts.
Sure, itâs a challenge to someone to be professionally criticized, and can easily be unpleasant, but itâs not irrelevant or off-topic and can easily be quite valuable and important.
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I read this as a formal and softened way of saying âChloe made avoidably bad grants because she wouldnât do the mathâ. Different people will interpret the softening differently: it can come across either as âhey maybe this could have been a piece of what happened?â or âthis is totally what I think happened, but if I say it bluntly that would be rudeâ.
Yeah, well, I havenât thought about this case much, so maybe thereâs some good counterargument, but I think of personal attacks as âthis personâs hair looks uglyâ or âthis person isnât fun at partiesâ, not âthis person is not strong in an area of the job that I think is keyâ. Professional criticism seems quite different from personal attacks, and I hold different norms around how appropriate it is to bring up in public contexts.
Sure, itâs a challenge to someone to be professionally criticized, and can easily be unpleasant, but itâs not irrelevant or off-topic and can easily be quite valuable and important.