Just wanted to say I found this to be the most persuasive case for giving to the Hotel so far, by a large margin. I think it’s great to create an environment where people can do projects and fail safely—even if those projects are not directly impactful, I’d be they form the basis for learning and improving toward doing an impactful project at a later date.
I’d encourage more argumentation along these lines (and less along other lines that the Hotel has done so far).
I’d like to push back slightly against the notion of “apologizing” for writing something that others found hard to understand. The EA Forum should be a place to try out different kinds of content, and even if some experiments don’t work out, it’s generally good that experiments happen.
(That said, if you’re feeling apologetic, there’s also no problem with apologizing! I just want others who see this to know that it’s okay when a post doesn’t work out.)
Just wanted to say I found this to be the most persuasive case for giving to the Hotel so far, by a large margin. I think it’s great to create an environment where people can do projects and fail safely—even if those projects are not directly impactful, I’d be they form the basis for learning and improving toward doing an impactful project at a later date.
I’d encourage more argumentation along these lines (and less along other lines that the Hotel has done so far).
+1, way more persuasive than the intense model.
And now Vipul’s donation report is the most persuasive case for the Hotel I’ve seen so far.
I wrote that intense model, and I agree that it’s not a good post. My apologies.
I’d like to push back slightly against the notion of “apologizing” for writing something that others found hard to understand. The EA Forum should be a place to try out different kinds of content, and even if some experiments don’t work out, it’s generally good that experiments happen.
(That said, if you’re feeling apologetic, there’s also no problem with apologizing! I just want others who see this to know that it’s okay when a post doesn’t work out.)
To be clear, I’m quite glad you attempted the model and I agree there’s no need to apologize for it.
No worries :-)