Thank you so much Charlotte, I will always deeply admire how much you care about issues of sexism and all the careful work you've put in to support this community. 

Thank you so much Rika, I'm so sorry to hear about your prior experience <3 I wish I'd gotten to talk with you more, but it was so lovely to get the chance to work with you and I'm glad CEA has you! 

Thank you very much Pete.

To your point, it was very difficult watching CEA's strategy conversations about community growth while all of this was happening behind the scenes. I couldn't help but feel devastated and even a little bitter, in the sense of: what's the point of trying to grow the community if we can't even treat people with basic respect within our own organisation?

CEA is explicitly positioning itself to grow the community, take more lead on the brand, and provide stewardship. That means it needs to aim far higher than legal compliance when it comes to integrity and people-related decisions, and yet they appear to have struggled even with that. It's hard for me to know whether leadership has truly internalised what this means.

While I did find CEA's final apology sincere, it was somewhat HR-filtered, as most of CEA's official communication is. Especially when it comes from leadership. On my call with the CEO, many of my questions were met with some version of "I wish I could provide more detail, but I legally can't." I understand that, but it means I'm left unable to tell whether leadership genuinely understands the weight of responsibility they carry, or the true severity of what occurred and what it signals about CEA as a central community-building organisation.

I do hope things get better. But I've been concerned for quite some time, and I remain very concerned.

+1. I don't know about attention, but I do think the 'community' tag has a vibe of being 'less important' than posts without the tag. I think this is mostly a feature of the community itself and what users want the forum to be primarily focussed on. I don't mind this, even though I personally enjoy community posts just as much, and I also like the separation. But, if my vibes-based sense is correct, then that does make the system by which posts are tagged slightly more consequential. So I think it's good that Arepo looked into this and is bringing it up. Thanks for doing that!

EA Global is coming to New York City for the very first time, from October 10–12 at the Sheraton Times Square! And you can apply now! Why NYC, you might ask?

1. Close to policy
With the United Nations based in NYC and DC just a train ride away, NYC is well-placed to host policy professionals working on pressing global issues like AI governance, pandemic preparedness, foreign aid, and more. 

2. Media capital
NYC is often called the media capital of the world, hosting major publishers and media outlets. We’re excited to welcome both writers and communications professionals to this event. 

3. Philanthropic hub
NYC is home to some of the world’s most influential philanthropic organizations. It’s also a base for funders supporting projects across global health, biosecurity, AI safety, and more. We’re excited to welcome both grantmakers and those pursuing earning to give. 

4. Animal welfare, biosecurity, and digital minds
Each EA Global event is partly shaped by its location, influenced by the nearby professional networks and communities. At NYC, we expect to see more experts in animal welfare, digital minds, and biosecurity, drawing from existing communities in NYC, Boston, and DC.

5. One of the largest EA communities
NYC hosts one of the biggest and most active local EA communities globally!

Apply here by September 28!

Congratulations on the new baby Drew, how beautiful!! And of course, congrats on the new role as well :') I find these mid-career transition stories really lovely, it makes me a bit emotional. It's just nice to hear all the different ways people engage with EA and all the effort and time that goes into finding a role. 

This was so well-written and now I'm glad to have found your substack! Sometimes, when this debate comes up, I feel that critiques which rely on a different kind of language than that which dominates EA are reworded or ever-so-slightly glazed over. This post takes every perspective it explores, and its language, seriously (which I really appreciate). 

Hey Kip! That makes sense to me. I think I basically just can't objectively comment or reflect on this post because I know OP and the details of some of the stuff they were reported for.  So I won't say anything more meaningful here, but I appreciate your comment :) 

thanks for updating! I realise I'm becoming overwhelmed since it's very obvious to me who wrote this post, so I'm just going to bow out and delete my comment (so as to prevent me thinking about this post any further). 

The way you've formatted this post makes it seem like my article and the time article are examples of the thesis, you might want to clarify that.