If the “you” here is the Effective Altruism community, then the hiring practices of a single organization shouldn’t be a significant sign that the community as a whole is elitist.
I don’t think that’s entirely right. I think that given that the community includes relatively few organizations (of which GiveWell is one of the larger and older ones) GiveWell’s practices may be but aren’t always a significant (and relatively concrete) reflection of and on the community’s views.
To be clear, I’m saying that I think sometimes an organization’s practices usefully reflect a community’s values and that Linch was being overly dismissive of this possibility, not making a claim about this specific case.
For the benefit of people reading this thread who are not familiar with Claire, Claire is employed by GiveWell, though much of her work relates to the Open Philanthropy Project part thereof.
ETA: I funded the writing of the original post, as disclosed by Issa at the end of the post. I don’t think that biases my comment.
I don’t think that’s entirely right. I think that given that the community includes relatively few organizations (of which GiveWell is one of the larger and older ones) GiveWell’s practices may be but aren’t always a significant (and relatively concrete) reflection of and on the community’s views.
(views are my own, not my employer’s)
To be clear, I’m saying that I think sometimes an organization’s practices usefully reflect a community’s values and that Linch was being overly dismissive of this possibility, not making a claim about this specific case.
For the benefit of people reading this thread who are not familiar with Claire, Claire is employed by GiveWell, though much of her work relates to the Open Philanthropy Project part thereof.
ETA: I funded the writing of the original post, as disclosed by Issa at the end of the post. I don’t think that biases my comment.