EA is a brand, and people on the outside don't have much information about it, so a negative association matters on the margin for recruiting. The main post makes a fair point about not going overboard with self blame, but it seems good for EA folks to be publicly concerned about how they could have acted better, or to publicly discuss the lessons they're taking. At the very least, I don't think it's worth much effort to stop people from doing so.
I remember my father explicitly saying that he regretted not having more children because he's since learned that God wants us to create more souls for him. Didn't make sense to me even as a Christian at the time, but the idea is out there.
EA is a brand, and people on the outside don't have much information about it, so a negative association matters on the margin for recruiting. The main post makes a fair point about not going overboard with self blame, but it seems good for EA folks to be publicly concerned about how they could have acted better, or to publicly discuss the lessons they're taking. At the very least, I don't think it's worth much effort to stop people from doing so.
I remember my father explicitly saying that he regretted not having more children because he's since learned that God wants us to create more souls for him. Didn't make sense to me even as a Christian at the time, but the idea is out there.