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Scott, answering to a different question: "I’m not sure what kind of evidence you want me to give. But if you want, you can confirm with Cade that I begged him,
by emiliobumachar 6y ago
Scott, answering to a different question: "I’m not sure what kind of evidence you want me to give. But if you want, you can confirm with Cade that I begged him, at great length, many times, over the course of days, not to use my real name in the article. I gave him a warning that I would delete the blog if he used my real name, in order to pressure him to reconsider, and I only deleted the blog after he refused."
https://www.coindesk.com/i-failed-terribly-at-keeping-my-identity-secret-scott-alexander-on-the-value-of-pseudonymity https://www.coindesk.com/i-failed-terribly-at-keeping-my-ide...
- emiliobumachar 6y agoAdditionally, this is a much less clean break than "blah blah blah thank you all blah blah blah new projects blah blah blah goodbye" would be. Also, the NYT could have backed down on the spot and he would be expected to put the blog back up.