we tended in our public statements/fundraisers to try to avoid alienating all those hopes, as opposed to the higher-integrity / more honorable approach of trying to come to a coherent view of which priorities we prioritized how much and trying to help people not have unrealistic hopes in us, and not have inaccurate views of our priorities
I… wish to somewhat-defensively note, fwiw, that I do not believe this well-describes my own attempts to publicly communicate on behalf of CFAR. Speaking on behalf of orgs is difficult, and I make no claim to have fully succeeded at avoiding the cognitive bases/self-serving errors/etc. such things incentivize. But I certainly earnestly tried, to what I think was (even locally) an unusual degree, to avoid such dishonesty.
(I feel broadly skeptical the rest of the org’s communication is well-described in these terms either, including nearly all of yours Anna, but ofc I can speak most strongly about my own mind/behavior).
I… wish to somewhat-defensively note, fwiw, that I do not believe this well-describes my own attempts to publicly communicate on behalf of CFAR. Speaking on behalf of orgs is difficult, and I make no claim to have fully succeeded at avoiding the cognitive bases/self-serving errors/etc. such things incentivize. But I certainly earnestly tried, to what I think was (even locally) an unusual degree, to avoid such dishonesty.
(I feel broadly skeptical the rest of the org’s communication is well-described in these terms either, including nearly all of yours Anna, but ofc I can speak most strongly about my own mind/behavior).