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The era where activists were able to make this decision on behalf of everyone else is over, at least in the US - you'll have to decide for yourself. Balaji Sri
by MrBuddyCasino 2y ago
The era where activists were able to make this decision on behalf of everyone else is over, at least in the US - you'll have to decide for yourself.
Balaji Srinivasan, Bryan Caplan, Kevin Dolan and Cremieux are quite bright and a good reason to attend, I don't know most of the others.
- foldr 2y agoI am not in the US. I have decided for myself on the basis that (i) the first word of the tweet I linked is a nasty ethnic slur and (ii) its contents are merely schadenfreude over someone's raw emotional outburst in response to a traumatic event. There cannot be a good reason to invite such a person to a conference except to send a clear signal about what kind of person is welcome there. I think you know all this, which is why you respond in such an oblique manner.
- MrBuddyCasino 2y agoI'm pretty sure all kinds of people are welcome there. I don't approve of the guy's tweet, but I also do not limit myself to groups of people that share the same views as me. Take the good, ignore the bad. There are some remarkable people there.