My general sentiment is similar to Yarrow Bouchard’s comment below, in that I believe that the most explosive/smoking gun claims from Ben’s post are either false or exaggerated, but the way Kat, Emerson and Drew reacted with is an extreme red flag, so much so that while I agree with TracingWoodgrains and Geoffrey Miller on why Ben needed to be more accurate, I understand why Ben would just go straight to posting as soon as the suing threat happened.
I’d probably not fund Nonlinear, if I was a grantor right now.
My general sentiment is similar to Yarrow Bouchard’s comment below, in that I believe that the most explosive/smoking gun claims from Ben’s post are either false or exaggerated, but the way Kat, Emerson and Drew reacted with is an extreme red flag, so much so that while I agree with TracingWoodgrains and Geoffrey Miller on why Ben needed to be more accurate, I understand why Ben would just go straight to posting as soon as the suing threat happened.
I’d probably not fund Nonlinear, if I was a grantor right now.
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/H4DYehKLxZ5NpQdBC/?commentId=7YxPKCW3nCwWn2swb