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.
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.