I definitely agree to some extent about FTX, though money did flow into some other spaces as well. But agree that I’m painting with too broad a brush there.
And definitely — I think I meant this post partially as a lamentation of what feels inevitable with funding. Our ability to make the world better might massively grow, but at the same time, it feels like something essential to EA’s past success (or at least, the culture and community that pushed it to do weird, fringe-y things that I think hold much of EA’s greatest promise) might be lost.
I definitely agree to some extent about FTX, though money did flow into some other spaces as well. But agree that I’m painting with too broad a brush there.
And definitely — I think I meant this post partially as a lamentation of what feels inevitable with funding. Our ability to make the world better might massively grow, but at the same time, it feels like something essential to EA’s past success (or at least, the culture and community that pushed it to do weird, fringe-y things that I think hold much of EA’s greatest promise) might be lost.