Thanks! I’m down to bet, though I don’t feel like it would make sense for me to take either of those specific bets. I feel pretty clueless about whether “a CEA representative will repudiate a major project occurring under Zach’s watch”. I guess I think it’s reasonable for someone who was just hired at CEA to not to be held personally responsible for projects that started and ended before they were hired (though I may be misunderstanding your proposed bet). I also have very little information about the current state of EA university group recruiting, so I wouldn’t be that surprised if “more posts similar to Bad Omens in Current Community Building or University Groups Need Fixing coming out in a few years, talking about 2024 recruiting”. TBH I’m still not clear on what we disagree about, or even whether we actually disagree about anything. 😅
Apologies if I wasn’t clear about this, but my main comment was primarily a summary of my personal perspective, which is based on a tiny fraction of all the relevant information. I’m very open to the possibility that, for example, EA university group recruiting is pressuring students more than I would find appropriate. It’s just that, based on the tiny fraction of information I have, I see no evidence of that and only see evidence of the opposite. I would be really interested to hear if you have done a recent investigation and have evidence to support your claims, because you would have a fair chance of convincing me to take some action.
Anyway, I appreciate you responding and no worries if you want to drop this. :) My offer to chat synchronously still stands, if you’re ever interested. Though since I’m in an interim position, I’m not sure how long I will have the “EA Forum Project Lead” title.
Thanks! I’m down to bet, though I don’t feel like it would make sense for me to take either of those specific bets. I feel pretty clueless about whether “a CEA representative will repudiate a major project occurring under Zach’s watch”. I guess I think it’s reasonable for someone who was just hired at CEA to not to be held personally responsible for projects that started and ended before they were hired (though I may be misunderstanding your proposed bet). I also have very little information about the current state of EA university group recruiting, so I wouldn’t be that surprised if “more posts similar to Bad Omens in Current Community Building or University Groups Need Fixing coming out in a few years, talking about 2024 recruiting”. TBH I’m still not clear on what we disagree about, or even whether we actually disagree about anything. 😅
Apologies if I wasn’t clear about this, but my main comment was primarily a summary of my personal perspective, which is based on a tiny fraction of all the relevant information. I’m very open to the possibility that, for example, EA university group recruiting is pressuring students more than I would find appropriate. It’s just that, based on the tiny fraction of information I have, I see no evidence of that and only see evidence of the opposite. I would be really interested to hear if you have done a recent investigation and have evidence to support your claims, because you would have a fair chance of convincing me to take some action.
Anyway, I appreciate you responding and no worries if you want to drop this. :) My offer to chat synchronously still stands, if you’re ever interested. Though since I’m in an interim position, I’m not sure how long I will have the “EA Forum Project Lead” title.