I strongly disagree with this take. (Link goes to a post of mine in the effective altruism forum.) Though the main point is that if you were paid for services, that is not being “helped”, that’s not much different from being a plumber who worked on the FTX building.
I should note that I would less advocate small EA grantees whose projects would likely fail to give back the money, and instead more advocate a sort of collective responsibility around it. I don’t think I’ve received money from FTX, but as I said in the twitter thread, I would probably donate to an EA fund for the victims of FTX. I should probably have made the suggested policy clearer, rather than hiding it behind a link to twitter.
I strongly disagree with this take. (Link goes to a post of mine in the effective altruism forum.) Though the main point is that if you were paid for services, that is not being “helped”, that’s not much different from being a plumber who worked on the FTX building.
I should note that I would less advocate small EA grantees whose projects would likely fail to give back the money, and instead more advocate a sort of collective responsibility around it. I don’t think I’ve received money from FTX, but as I said in the twitter thread, I would probably donate to an EA fund for the victims of FTX. I should probably have made the suggested policy clearer, rather than hiding it behind a link to twitter.