> within the Effective Altruism community, I don't think I can take them quite seriously anymore. Having been involved with environmental activism and Bitcoin

> within the Effective Altruism community, I don't think I can take them quite seriously anymore. Having been involved with environmental activism and Bitcoin stuff for over a decade you see these types show up every now and then, often just for photo-ops and a self-gratifying projection of themselves in whatever will satisfy thier own ego trip. Honestly, these types are one of the biggest impediments to progress in these movements, they're so disillusional and siphon off much needed capital into these projects that ultimately leave everyone who might have cared at one point entirely apathetic (like you) to the plights and causes because they got burned from one of them. I think true altruism is an incredibly rare virtue, and subsequently a much needed one in the World at that, but it's often from a source of genuine personal pain and suffering that allows you to recall and thus empathize with someone who is/has gone through similar difficulties you've been through. To that end, I find it impossible for SBF to truly have a sense of self-awareness to realize how toxic and blatantly counter-productive he is and will likely be remembered as in both EA and in The Crypto community. Karpales was persona non-grata for nearly decade for MTGOX, but at least he did a mea culpa and served time in prison and sadly had his personal life destroyed as a result of his scam. I fear SBF will not face much given his connections and involvement in US politics via donations as well as his family, and THAT shows the hypocrisy of these sorts of people.