In light of the recent revelation that Geoff Anders was sexually involved with multiple of his employees [1], it is perhaps appropriate to ask:
Has Larissa, currently working as the Public Engagement Specialist at Leverage Research, ever been involved, or is she currently involved in a non-platonic relationship with the Executive Director of Leverage Research, Geoff Anders?
>Geoff, as the leader of the organization, dated employees/subordinates. I’m aware of 3 women he had a sexual or non-platonic relationship with. Geoff was about 40 by the end of the project, and new recruits were often 19-23. I believe a similar >10-year age gap existed in one relationship. I have no reason to believe these were non-consensual; I view these as questionable management decisions, not necessarily tangible harms.
I don’t really get this comment, and it seems inappropriate to me. You say that you’re asking for personal info in light of the CEO having previously had relationships with other staff, but people in companies have relationships all the time that don’t impair their judgment (e.g. Paul Graham + Jessica Livingstone), so I don’t know what precisely you’re getting at. I also am reading into your comment an implied expectation (?) that one should be allowed to demand such info from people publicly, which seems like a bad norm to me.
I am not sure whether it is still necessary for me to reply to this given that the post has been heavily downvoted and the original poster of the “common knowledge facts” about Leverage has edited their post to note that they regret their mention of Geoff’s dating history in the thread as it has taken people clearly off in the wrong direction.
Just in case anyone is reading this without the relevant context and has any doubts:
No. I am not in, nor have I ever been in, anything remotely resembling “a non-platonic relationship with the Executive Director of Leverage Research, Geoff Anders”. I am in a committed, long-term, monogamous relationship with Kerry Vaughan, who also works at Leverage Research but is someone that I met and began dating at my previous job, well before either of us started work at Leverage. During hiring it was public knowledge we were in a long-term relationship.
I like and greatly respect Geoff Anders as a manager, colleague, and friend. I find the various insinuations being made on this forum particularly sad because, out of various communities I’ve been involved in and different work environments I’ve been in, the people I’ve interacted with at Leverage Research (both my current colleagues and the people I’ve met who worked at Leverage in the past) are amongst the most thoughtful and respectful people I’ve come across.
Now, I am prepared to answer questions of this type occasionally and share details of my personal life because of my professional role at Leverage Research and because not everyone reading this comment will have the context. That said, it is important to note that I agree with Ben Pace’s comment that this question and questions like it are in general inappropriate. I do not think it should be the case that any community can demand such personal information of their community members, let alone individuals who are only forced to interact with said community because others have written misleading posts about them.
In light of the recent revelation that Geoff Anders was sexually involved with multiple of his employees [1], it is perhaps appropriate to ask:
Has Larissa, currently working as the Public Engagement Specialist at Leverage Research, ever been involved, or is she currently involved in a non-platonic relationship with the Executive Director of Leverage Research, Geoff Anders?
[1] https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Kz9zMgWB5C27Pmdkh/common-knowledge-facts-about-leverage-research-1-0-1
>Geoff, as the leader of the organization, dated employees/subordinates. I’m aware of 3 women he had a sexual or non-platonic relationship with. Geoff was about 40 by the end of the project, and new recruits were often 19-23. I believe a similar >10-year age gap existed in one relationship. I have no reason to believe these were non-consensual; I view these as questionable management decisions, not necessarily tangible harms.
I don’t really get this comment, and it seems inappropriate to me. You say that you’re asking for personal info in light of the CEO having previously had relationships with other staff, but people in companies have relationships all the time that don’t impair their judgment (e.g. Paul Graham + Jessica Livingstone), so I don’t know what precisely you’re getting at. I also am reading into your comment an implied expectation (?) that one should be allowed to demand such info from people publicly, which seems like a bad norm to me.
I am not sure whether it is still necessary for me to reply to this given that the post has been heavily downvoted and the original poster of the “common knowledge facts” about Leverage has edited their post to note that they regret their mention of Geoff’s dating history in the thread as it has taken people clearly off in the wrong direction.
Just in case anyone is reading this without the relevant context and has any doubts:
No. I am not in, nor have I ever been in, anything remotely resembling “a non-platonic relationship with the Executive Director of Leverage Research, Geoff Anders”. I am in a committed, long-term, monogamous relationship with Kerry Vaughan, who also works at Leverage Research but is someone that I met and began dating at my previous job, well before either of us started work at Leverage. During hiring it was public knowledge we were in a long-term relationship.
I like and greatly respect Geoff Anders as a manager, colleague, and friend. I find the various insinuations being made on this forum particularly sad because, out of various communities I’ve been involved in and different work environments I’ve been in, the people I’ve interacted with at Leverage Research (both my current colleagues and the people I’ve met who worked at Leverage in the past) are amongst the most thoughtful and respectful people I’ve come across.
Now, I am prepared to answer questions of this type occasionally and share details of my personal life because of my professional role at Leverage Research and because not everyone reading this comment will have the context. That said, it is important to note that I agree with Ben Pace’s comment that this question and questions like it are in general inappropriate. I do not think it should be the case that any community can demand such personal information of their community members, let alone individuals who are only forced to interact with said community because others have written misleading posts about them.