I want to specifically highlight “A bunch of people we respected and worked with had decided the world was going to end, very soon, uncomfortably soon, and they were making it extremely difficult for us to check their work.” I noticed this second-hand at the time, but didn’t see any paths toward making things better. I think it had a really harmful effects on the community, and is worth thinking a lot about before something similar happens again.
I want to specifically highlight “A bunch of people we respected and worked with had decided the world was going to end, very soon, uncomfortably soon, and they were making it extremely difficult for us to check their work.” I noticed this second-hand at the time, but didn’t see any paths toward making things better. I think it had a really harmful effects on the community, and is worth thinking a lot about before something similar happens again.