> When people (me included) criticize EA for it's questionable priorities, it's an expression of exasperation, not an existential attack on the movement or its

> When people (me included) criticize EA for it's questionable priorities, it's an expression of exasperation, not an existential attack on the movement or its practitioners. I have had different experiences with critics of EA. Many critics come off as passive, finding one or two basic disagreements with institutions or moonshot/futurist ideas that they use to justify their total disengagement with their potential positive impact in the world beyond themselves and their friends/families. You might not even call these folks critics - maybe they're just "excuse-seekers"? It sounds like you are a critic who is actively engaged at the second and third blocks of the tower, which I assume the author would have no issue with.