• David GerardMA
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    1510 days ago

    it’s about the curse of ___ism

    • @Soyweiser
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      1110 days ago

      One objection is that “woke ideology hurts EA cause areas”.

      There are many counters to that.

      First off, are they actually “woke”? There is a ton of disagreement.

      • David GerardMA
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        1810 days ago

        “kicking the racists out might mean less rich racists giving me money for Nonlinear”

        • @froztbyte
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          1710 days ago

          “I just think it’s really unfair for my friends and donors to have to feel this uncomfortable because …”

          aaaah, the language of the complicit and the vile. how I loathe thee.

        • @skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de
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          69 days ago

          now it got me wondering: how closely is chief shithead pete thiel involved in EA? that probably wouldn’t be much, unless indirectly via his fellowship and such?

          • David GerardMA
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            89 days ago

            not very visibly personally that i know ,but a lotta Thiel-adjacent people involved