I suspect that Pablo is probably one of the best people to talk to about this, and he was working on this prior to FTX events.

You might be interested in the recent Someone should write a detailed history of effective altruism post?

One of the nice things about EA is that so much of its early history was on the public internet that getting primary sources is quite practical, but I agree it's hard to piece together. I'd be happy to talk!

Some EA history bits I've written up: When Did EA Start, GWWC Pledge History, My EA Timeline.

The book Strangers Drowning has two chapters on early EA ("At Once Rational and Ardent" and "From the Point of View of the Universe").

Just quickly wanted to add Ryan's shortform post.

One other relevant resource I'd recommend is Will and Toby's joint keynote speech at the 2016 EA Global conference in San Francisco. It discusses some of the history of EA (focusing on the Oxford community in particular) and some historical precursors: https://youtu.be/VH2LhSod1M4

This is an exciting project!