One point where I disagree is that I’m more concerned about well-intentioned people genuinely believing their project is extremely valuable, but who lack clear evidence of impact end up not achieving much. I’m less worried about people deliberately lying/​exaggerating to raise money for things they do not themselves believe are impactful.
But of course it’s hard to say from the outside, you could always argue that people are secretly doing whatever they’re doing just for the money & status, and I’ve seen people making such claims even when there’s tons of evidence of the contrary.
See also this comment which I also agree with.
One point where I disagree is that I’m more concerned about well-intentioned people genuinely believing their project is extremely valuable, but who lack clear evidence of impact end up not achieving much. I’m less worried about people deliberately lying/​exaggerating to raise money for things they do not themselves believe are impactful.
But of course it’s hard to say from the outside, you could always argue that people are secretly doing whatever they’re doing just for the money & status, and I’ve seen people making such claims even when there’s tons of evidence of the contrary.