Is it fair to say that EA made him the public face of the movement, or did he make himself the face of the movement?
I know of some instances of him being promoted by EA related organizations (such as 80k), and most likely there are a bunch of cases that I don’t know about.
My impression thus far has been that he mostly ended up a public EA figure, because he was famous for non EA-related reasons and being a famous person he identified publicly and frequently as an effective altruist. This is based on only cursory information, so please correct me if that impression is wrong.
Is it fair to say that EA made him the public face of the movement, or did he make himself the face of the movement?
I know of some instances of him being promoted by EA related organizations (such as 80k), and most likely there are a bunch of cases that I don’t know about.
My impression thus far has been that he mostly ended up a public EA figure, because he was famous for non EA-related reasons and being a famous person he identified publicly and frequently as an effective altruist. This is based on only cursory information, so please correct me if that impression is wrong.