No strong signs yet. This upcoming giving season will be a true test of that though.
I’m curious whether you think these issues are still as impactful as they were right after they occurred.
My impression is that it’s less, but far from back to normal. Also bearing in mind that “normal” is hard to define (especially with GWWC) as a lot has changed over the last decade!
Also, do you think the other issues would have had as much of an impact if FTX hadn’t just happened? My sense is that e.g. the Bostrom incident wouldn’t have had much impact in isolation but the accumulation of things turned into a problem; I’d love to hear your take on this.
My impression is that that there was a confluence of things that peaking around the FTX-collapse. There was building hostility towards some of the more avant garde EA ideas an actions of those associated with EA[1] (towards both accurate and also misrepresentations of those ideas and actions) that seemed to get traction around just prior to the launch of WWOTF which meant there were a lot of people/opinions that got a lot more light when WWOTF was getting lots of attention and FTX failed so spectacularly. Then there was so much energy and angst in the system (both within the community and its critics) that I think the other issues compounded more than any individual one would have. The confluence of all this has sadly left a bad taste in a lot of people’s mouths that costs fairly uncontroversially good things a lot in terms of action and advocacy.
Thanks 😀 Glad it was helpful!
Yep!
No strong signs yet. This upcoming giving season will be a true test of that though.
My impression is that it’s less, but far from back to normal. Also bearing in mind that “normal” is hard to define (especially with GWWC) as a lot has changed over the last decade!
My impression is that that there was a confluence of things that peaking around the FTX-collapse. There was building hostility towards some of the more avant garde EA ideas an actions of those associated with EA[1] (towards both accurate and also misrepresentations of those ideas and actions) that seemed to get traction around just prior to the launch of WWOTF which meant there were a lot of people/opinions that got a lot more light when WWOTF was getting lots of attention and FTX failed so spectacularly. Then there was so much energy and angst in the system (both within the community and its critics) that I think the other issues compounded more than any individual one would have. The confluence of all this has sadly left a bad taste in a lot of people’s mouths that costs fairly uncontroversially good things a lot in terms of action and advocacy.
e.g. actions related to the influx of money
Thanks for taking the time to write this! Very helpful to get your perspective!