To do that investigation and postmortem, we can’t skip to sentencing (forgive me if that’s not your intention, but it reads a bit to me that that’s what you want to be happening), nor would it be epistemically virtuous or just to do so.
I super agree with this, but also want to note that I feel appreciation for farp’s comments here. The conversation on this page feels to me like it has a missing mood: I found myself looking for comments that said something like “wow, this account is really horrifying and tragic; we’re taking these claims really seriously, and are investigating what actions we should take in response”. Maybe everyone thinks that that’s obvious, and so instead is emphasizing the part where we’re committed to due process and careful thinking and avoiding mob dynamics. But I think it’s still worth stating explicitly, especially from those in leadership positions in the community. I found myself relieved just reading Ruby’s response here that “everyone in this thread is deeply concerned”.
I super agree with this, but also want to note that I feel appreciation for farp’s comments here.
Fair!
I found myself looking for comments that said something like “wow, this account is really horrifying and tragic; we’re taking these claims really seriously, and are investigating what actions we should take in response”
My models of most of the people I know in this thread feel that way. I can say on my own behalf that I found Zoe’s account shocking. I found it disturbing to think that was going on with people I knew and interacted with. I find it disturbing that if this really is true, how did it not surface until now? (Or how it was ignored until now?) I’m disturbed that Leverage’s weirdness (and usually I’m quite okay with weirdness) turned out to enable and hide terrible things, at least for one person and likely more. I’m saddened that it happened, because based on the account, it seems like Leverage were trying to accomplish some ambitious, good things and I wish we lived in a world where the “red flags” (group-living, mental experimentation, etc) were safely ignored in the pursuit in the service of great things.
Suddenly I am in a world more awful than the one I thought I was in, and I’m trying to reorient. Something went wrong and something different needs to happen now. Though I’m confident it will, it’s just a matter of ensuring we pick the right different thing.
Thank you, I really appreciate this response. I did guess that this was probably how you and others (like Anna, whose comments have been very measured) felt, but it is really reassuring to have it explicitly verbally confirmed, and not just have to trust that it’s probably true.
Sorry, only just now saw that I was mentioned by name here. I agree that Zoe’s experiences were horrifying and sad, and that it’s worth quite a bit to try to spare others that kind of thing. Not mangling peoples’ souls matters, rather a lot, both intrinsically (because people matter) and instrumentally (because we need integrity if we want to do anything real and sustained).
I super agree with this, but also want to note that I feel appreciation for farp’s comments here. The conversation on this page feels to me like it has a missing mood: I found myself looking for comments that said something like “wow, this account is really horrifying and tragic; we’re taking these claims really seriously, and are investigating what actions we should take in response”. Maybe everyone thinks that that’s obvious, and so instead is emphasizing the part where we’re committed to due process and careful thinking and avoiding mob dynamics. But I think it’s still worth stating explicitly, especially from those in leadership positions in the community. I found myself relieved just reading Ruby’s response here that “everyone in this thread is deeply concerned”.
Fair!
My models of most of the people I know in this thread feel that way. I can say on my own behalf that I found Zoe’s account shocking. I found it disturbing to think that was going on with people I knew and interacted with. I find it disturbing that if this really is true, how did it not surface until now? (Or how it was ignored until now?) I’m disturbed that Leverage’s weirdness (and usually I’m quite okay with weirdness) turned out to enable and hide terrible things, at least for one person and likely more. I’m saddened that it happened, because based on the account, it seems like Leverage were trying to accomplish some ambitious, good things and I wish we lived in a world where the “red flags” (group-living, mental experimentation, etc) were safely ignored in the pursuit in the service of great things.
Suddenly I am in a world more awful than the one I thought I was in, and I’m trying to reorient. Something went wrong and something different needs to happen now. Though I’m confident it will, it’s just a matter of ensuring we pick the right different thing.
Thank you, I really appreciate this response. I did guess that this was probably how you and others (like Anna, whose comments have been very measured) felt, but it is really reassuring to have it explicitly verbally confirmed, and not just have to trust that it’s probably true.
Sorry, only just now saw that I was mentioned by name here. I agree that Zoe’s experiences were horrifying and sad, and that it’s worth quite a bit to try to spare others that kind of thing. Not mangling peoples’ souls matters, rather a lot, both intrinsically (because people matter) and instrumentally (because we need integrity if we want to do anything real and sustained).
+1