Since you achieved some internal distance from an EA identity, are there any projects youāve worked on, or ideas youāve discussed publicly, that fall into the category āI wouldnāt have done this before, because it felt like the kind of thing that would have made people angry/āraised the āreputation damageā flagā?
Iām interested in the extent to which the thing that happened was:
a) Feeling empowered to do specific things that run counter to what you think people in the movement would have approved of, vs.
b) Feeling more ambitious and creative in general, even if the results didnāt have much to do with controversial-in-EA topics
Since you achieved some internal distance from an EA identity, are there any projects youāve worked on, or ideas youāve discussed publicly, that fall into the category āI wouldnāt have done this before, because it felt like the kind of thing that would have made people angry/āraised the āreputation damageā flagā?
I guessā¦ almost everything I am now working on?
My Long Term Future Fund writeups were something that definitely falls into this category, as does a lot of the grant analysis and debating with people thatās behind the final decisions. This is also true for my involvement with the Survival and Flourishing Fund.
Also, my work on LessWrong feels like very much like the kind of thing that felt harder. LessWrongās reputation is a lot better now, but a lot of people thought I was investing in something quite harmful when I started working on LessWrong, and I was definitely quite self-conscious about it.
Since you achieved some internal distance from an EA identity, are there any projects youāve worked on, or ideas youāve discussed publicly, that fall into the category āI wouldnāt have done this before, because it felt like the kind of thing that would have made people angry/āraised the āreputation damageā flagā?
Iām interested in the extent to which the thing that happened was:
a) Feeling empowered to do specific things that run counter to what you think people in the movement would have approved of, vs.
b) Feeling more ambitious and creative in general, even if the results didnāt have much to do with controversial-in-EA topics
I guessā¦ almost everything I am now working on?
My Long Term Future Fund writeups were something that definitely falls into this category, as does a lot of the grant analysis and debating with people thatās behind the final decisions. This is also true for my involvement with the Survival and Flourishing Fund.
Also, my work on LessWrong feels like very much like the kind of thing that felt harder. LessWrongās reputation is a lot better now, but a lot of people thought I was investing in something quite harmful when I started working on LessWrong, and I was definitely quite self-conscious about it.