I’m not sure that you know how the “thought leaders” in the upper social tiers of EA are operating. I mean that honestly and not as a slight, because if you do

I’m not sure that you know how the “thought leaders” in the upper social tiers of EA are operating. I mean that honestly and not as a slight, because if you do know we can (to the extent that I have the attention span) discuss it if we disagree and productively explore the topic: There appears to be an upper eschelon, perhaps more of a social group, who are guiding the resources of this movement along philosophical/ideological lines about which they are not being transparent. And when someone outside of that social group verges on exploring those aspects of their philosophical thinking there is an effort to silence or soften the tone of their discourse so it appears less coldly calculating, maybe (per anecdotal reports of people closely tied there) less absurdly extreme and ridiculous.