I agree, but EA is a big messy fast-changing movement with lots of internal diversity, controversies, projects, ideas etc., that is pretty poorly known by the average person. This writer had to tease out a good, nuanced take on the movement, as far as I can tell, basically from scratch, which isn’t easy, and I think it shows that he put a ton of care, thought, and research into the task. The product wasn’t perfect, but I think it’s much better than the average explainer non-EAs, or frankly some EAs, would write on the topic.
Yeah I totally agree that the article was much better than many others on the subject, and that it isn’t an easy task. I just thought it was worth acknowledging the shortcomings as well.
I also think it was probably the most flawed of the three, but it also seemed like the most ambitious and packed with some of the most interesting information and narrative (plus by the person with the least prior familiarity) so I think I was unusually forgiving towards the flaws it did have.
I agree, but EA is a big messy fast-changing movement with lots of internal diversity, controversies, projects, ideas etc., that is pretty poorly known by the average person. This writer had to tease out a good, nuanced take on the movement, as far as I can tell, basically from scratch, which isn’t easy, and I think it shows that he put a ton of care, thought, and research into the task. The product wasn’t perfect, but I think it’s much better than the average explainer non-EAs, or frankly some EAs, would write on the topic.
Yeah I totally agree that the article was much better than many others on the subject, and that it isn’t an easy task. I just thought it was worth acknowledging the shortcomings as well.
I also think it was probably the most flawed of the three, but it also seemed like the most ambitious and packed with some of the most interesting information and narrative (plus by the person with the least prior familiarity) so I think I was unusually forgiving towards the flaws it did have.
Fair.