[anfelor]

I am not sure the "Geeks, MOPs, and Sociopaths" model applies here since the most significant actors in this development came from the geek phase. SBF started out earning to give and was even featured on the homepage of 80.000 hours in 2015! [1] This probably had some part in the glowing coverage he received; for example the interview with 80.000 hours founder Will McAskill [2] makes more sense when you realize that they had known each other for nine years at that point. This suggests that the FTX fraud is not a story about new people that joined EA late but goes back to the roots of the movement.

[1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20150717034849/https://80000hour... h/t DonyChristie

[2]: https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/sam-bankman-fried-hi...

[FormerBandmate]

EA orgs have always been funding esoteric stuff that doesn’t comport with its mission. There is no way printing out Harry Potter fanfiction and giving it to math Olympiad winners in any way helps anyone but the leaders of the movement.