Indeed, in no way should any of my post be taken to be reflective of Nick’s character in any way. It’s just Nick was the fund manager of both the funds central to my post, and some of the material I directly cited from the EA Funds webpages were written by him. I wasn’t sure how to write it without mentioning Nick a lot, as I thought writing my post with “Prof. Beckstead,” “the fund manager,” or using pronouns everywhere would have been more awkward.
So if I didn’t come out in the tone of my post, it’s my intention the CEA as an organization is responsible to address these concerns. Not only Nick but multiple staff from the CEA were involved in providing communications which, as I laid out in my post, paint a contradictory picture of what within the CEA different people thought the Funds would be used. This is on top of the multiple concerns Henry Stanley, myself and others have raised in the last several months regarding the EA Funds, and those concerns not (until now) being addressed for the EA Community and Long-Term Future Funds.
I found Nick’s response adequate, and I thanked him for updating the EA Funds now. However, as I also responded to Nick, and based on other comments’, that alone doesn’t address why things have gotten to this point in the first place. Based on an expectation the EA Community and Long-Term Future Funds already would have been more transparent and accountable than they’ve been so far, as the other two funds have been, there are concerns regarding effectiveness to be addressed. I intend to try following up with the CEA to address these concerns.
Indeed, in no way should any of my post be taken to be reflective of Nick’s character in any way. It’s just Nick was the fund manager of both the funds central to my post, and some of the material I directly cited from the EA Funds webpages were written by him. I wasn’t sure how to write it without mentioning Nick a lot, as I thought writing my post with “Prof. Beckstead,” “the fund manager,” or using pronouns everywhere would have been more awkward.
So if I didn’t come out in the tone of my post, it’s my intention the CEA as an organization is responsible to address these concerns. Not only Nick but multiple staff from the CEA were involved in providing communications which, as I laid out in my post, paint a contradictory picture of what within the CEA different people thought the Funds would be used. This is on top of the multiple concerns Henry Stanley, myself and others have raised in the last several months regarding the EA Funds, and those concerns not (until now) being addressed for the EA Community and Long-Term Future Funds.
I found Nick’s response adequate, and I thanked him for updating the EA Funds now. However, as I also responded to Nick, and based on other comments’, that alone doesn’t address why things have gotten to this point in the first place. Based on an expectation the EA Community and Long-Term Future Funds already would have been more transparent and accountable than they’ve been so far, as the other two funds have been, there are concerns regarding effectiveness to be addressed. I intend to try following up with the CEA to address these concerns.