I found this comment annoying enough to read that I felt compelled to give a simplified version:
In 2021, I asked about SBF among some “senior EA people”. I had heard that Alameda had had a hard breakup, and I didn’t know whether SBF cheated his partners or whether he was merely a punctilious negotiator who nonetheless keeps his word. Based on what I heard, I classified SBF more as a punctilious negotiator than as a cheater, and I definitely didn’t hear about them having poor capital controls at the beginning.
My own guess is that you are mischaracterizing what EA leadership knew.
This removes some nuance, but maybe adds some clarity.
I did not say that it’d be good if somebody was a ruthless negotiator.
If you’re going to paraphrase somebody, please be more careful to paraphrase things they actually said, by dereferencing, and not add implications you thought they meant.
I found this comment annoying enough to read that I felt compelled to give a simplified version:
This removes some nuance, but maybe adds some clarity.
Edit: Reworded, see original here.
I did not say that it’d be good if somebody was a ruthless negotiator.
If you’re going to paraphrase somebody, please be more careful to paraphrase things they actually said, by dereferencing, and not add implications you thought they meant.
I didn’t say I was paraphrasing you, I said I was giving a simplified version. I also pointed out the sentence was not in the original.
Adding in an unflattering sentiment that was not said or clearly implied in the original is not “simplifying”.
Ok, fine, reworded. You can still find the original here.