• @Soyweiser@awful.systems
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    1110 months 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 GerardM
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      1810 months ago

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

      • @froztbyte@awful.systems
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        1710 months 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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        610 months 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 GerardM
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          810 months ago

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