• David Gerard
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    151 year ago

    it’s about the curse of ___ism

    • @Soyweiser
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      111 year 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 Gerard
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        181 year ago

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

        • @froztbyte
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          171 year 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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          61 year 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 Gerard
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            81 year ago

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