EA has too many Inner rings

[paul-crowe]

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[paul-crowe]

Example: Leftism Virtue Cafe: Inner Rings

Summary: The greasy pole of politics / the corporate ladder of business, only applied to EA. Ever more exclusive in-groups with more influence and decision-making ability, and the desire to be part of them by proving yourself.

Date:Apr 2022

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Public responses: Overlaps with [[[[burnout posts]]]] Overlaps with [[[[heirarchy posts]]]] Overlaps with [[[[shitty upper echelons posts]]]]

[paul-crowe]

Example: Formal hiring processes as public goods.

Summary: Formal hiring = inefficient. Informal hiring = nepotism.

Date: Apr 2022

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Public responses: Overlaps with [[[[EA being insular]]]]]. EA jobs being advertised on EA forums

[paul-crowe]

Example: Insufficient safeguards for conflicts of interests

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• EA.org's COI policy (29th Sep 2017)
• Beta version of COI policy (Jan 13th 2022)
• Power dynamics in EA 1st June 2022