Post #1362129

In 2024 Ozy Brennan was [indignant about Nonlinear Fund](https://thingofthings.substack.com/p/against-nonlinear), the ["incubator of AI-safety meta-charities"](https://awful.systems/post/220620) which lived as global nomads, hired a live-in personal assistant, asked her to smuggle drugs across borders for them, let a kind-of-colleague take her to bed, then did not pay her regularly and in full. > The correct number of times for the word “yachting” to occur in a description of an effective altruist job is zero. I might make an exception if it’s prefaced with “convincing people to donate to effective charities instead of spending money on.” Trace popped up in the comments: > Inasmuch as EA follows your preferences, I suspect it will either fail as a subculture or deserve to fail. You present a vision of a subculture with little room for grace or goodwill, a space where everyone is constantly evaluating each other and trying to decide: are you worthy to stand in our presence? Do you belong in our hallowed, select group? Which skeletons are in your closet? Where are your character flaws? What should we know, what should we see, that allows us to exclude you? Ozy stands with us on this one buddy.