Fair enough. I agree that the current title feeling a bit adversarial is only a minor cost.
I’ve realized that my main reason for not liking the title is that the post doesn’t address my concerns about the WELLBY approach, so I don’t feel like the post justifies the title’s recommendation to “give WELLBYs” rather than “give well” (whether that means GiveWell or give well on some other basis).
On a meta-note, I’m reluctant to down-vote Julian’s top comment (I certainly wouldn’t want it to have negative karma), but it is a bit annoying that the (now-lengthy) top comment thread is about the title rather than the actual post. I suppose I’m mostly to blame for that by replying with an additional comment (now two) to the thread, but I also don’t want to be discouraged from adding my thoughts just by the fact that the comment thread is highly upvoted and thus prominently visible. (I strong-agreement-voted Julian’s comment, and refrained from regular karma voting on it.)
Fair enough. I agree that the current title feeling a bit adversarial is only a minor cost.
I’ve realized that my main reason for not liking the title is that the post doesn’t address my concerns about the WELLBY approach, so I don’t feel like the post justifies the title’s recommendation to “give WELLBYs” rather than “give well” (whether that means GiveWell or give well on some other basis).
On a meta-note, I’m reluctant to down-vote Julian’s top comment (I certainly wouldn’t want it to have negative karma), but it is a bit annoying that the (now-lengthy) top comment thread is about the title rather than the actual post. I suppose I’m mostly to blame for that by replying with an additional comment (now two) to the thread, but I also don’t want to be discouraged from adding my thoughts just by the fact that the comment thread is highly upvoted and thus prominently visible. (I strong-agreement-voted Julian’s comment, and refrained from regular karma voting on it.)