100% I really like this. You can claim any identity, but how much credibility you have with that identity depends on your “demonstrated identity”. There is risk though to the movement with this kind of all takers appoach. Before I would have thought that the odd regular person behaving badly while claiming to be EA wasn’t a big threat.
Then there was SBF and the sexual abuse scandals. These however were not so much an issue of fringe, non-committed people claiming to EA and tarnishing the movement, but mostly high profile central figures tarnishing the movement.
Reflecting on this, perhaps the actions of high profile or “core” people matter more than people on the edge, who might claim to be EA without serious committment.
100% I really like this. You can claim any identity, but how much credibility you have with that identity depends on your “demonstrated identity”. There is risk though to the movement with this kind of all takers appoach. Before I would have thought that the odd regular person behaving badly while claiming to be EA wasn’t a big threat.
Then there was SBF and the sexual abuse scandals. These however were not so much an issue of fringe, non-committed people claiming to EA and tarnishing the movement, but mostly high profile central figures tarnishing the movement.
Reflecting on this, perhaps the actions of high profile or “core” people matter more than people on the edge, who might claim to be EA without serious committment.