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EA created FTX
The entire financial operation was expressly set up by funding from top Effective Altruists.
The article discusses how some effective altruists were the earliest donors to FTX. Since they funded it at that stage, lots of non-EA funding/talent/publicity came in.
> I think we previously saw EA as resembling a victim in this scenario, but I am curious how that understanding evolves at this moment as we learn more.
It's a complicated situation. I think it's definitely possible to give early-on support to a project that eventually really bites you. Similar to early unsuspecting investors of other orgs that later did some bad things.
This is not true. The FAQ was not put together by CEA, and so far as I know Hamish has no affiliation with CEA (nor did he ever claim to).
The article now says the FAQ was "put together by the effective altruism forum." This is not true either, nor does it make sense. If they would like to copy and paste:
"A user on the effective altruism forum posted an FAQ."
This makes it sound a lot less official and less like something you'd want to quote in a publication. But that's because it is in fact not official at all.