@Elizabeth and I recently recorded a conversation of ours that we're hoping becomes a whole podcast series. The original premise is that we were trying to convince each other about whether we should both be EAs or both not be EAs. (She quit the movement earlier this year when she felt that her cries of alarm kept falling on deaf ears; I never left.)
Audio recording (35 min)
Some highlights:
- @Elizabeth's story of falling in love with, trying to change, and then falling out of love with Effective Altruism. That middle part draws heavily on past posts of hers, including EA Vegan Advocacy is not truthseeking, and it’s everyone’s problem and Truthseeking is the ground in which other principles grow
- I told Elizabeth that I would also have left when she did (if I had had her experience).
- I claimed that EA is ready for a Renaissance.
- We both agreed that I should 'check the integrity of Hogwarts' by challenging EA to live up to my standards of integrity, and that I should also leave the movement if I give up on EA meeting that challenge (as Elizabeth did).
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