Just wanted to answer this edited question:
Edit to add: If this expense has been made a while back, why not announce it then?
They did mention it on August 2nd:
What is Wytham Abbey?The project is under development. In time, all being well, it will function as a workshop venue in Oxford.
What is Wytham Abbey?
The project is under development. In time, all being well, it will function as a workshop venue in Oxford.
Although I would like to point out that it was going to be revealed in the New Yorker a few days later.
Last year, the Centre for Effective Altruism bought Wytham Abbey, a palatial estate near Oxford, built in 1480.
It is possible that they were allowed to preview the article and were trying to get ahead of it.
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Just wanted to answer this edited question:
They did mention it on August 2nd:
Although I would like to point out that it was going to be revealed in the New Yorker a few days later.
It is possible that they were allowed to preview the article and were trying to get ahead of it.