I think “unacceptable reputational costs” here basically means the conjunction of “Dustin doesn’t like the work” and “incurs reputational costs for Dustin”. Because of the first conjunct, I don’t think this suggestion would help Lightcone, sadly.
You seem uncertain as to which of the two reasons is the real reason. Floating the idea of anonymous donation to Moskowitz will make it a bit clearer what the real reason is.
$1M is not a big amount for a billionaire to maintain privacy about, if he cared about the privacy a lot.
I think “unacceptable reputational costs” here basically means the conjunction of “Dustin doesn’t like the work” and “incurs reputational costs for Dustin”. Because of the first conjunct, I don’t think this suggestion would help Lightcone, sadly.
You seem uncertain as to which of the two reasons is the real reason. Floating the idea of anonymous donation to Moskowitz will make it a bit clearer what the real reason is.
$1M is not a big amount for a billionaire to maintain privacy about, if he cared about the privacy a lot.
I don’t feel particularly uncertain. This EA Forum comment and its parents inform my view quite a bit.