Thank you for sharing and I'm very sorry you had to even write something like this at all. You've always been such a clear and communicative writer, and I've admired how you've called out bad dynamics in the community before.

I find it so frustrating that in a community dedicated to doing good, where after all our past scandals we hear so much talk about 'deontic constraints' and 'practicing virtue', where we are all dedicated to creating good outcomes not just good intents, there is still such a pervasive culture of sexism. If we look at so many of the defining aspects of EA it seems mind boggling how some people in the community will react or try to justify to harassment.

How many hours do we have in our career for bird watching, would you say?

Thank you for writing this! I imagine this took a lot of time to put together, and I really appreciated being able to read it.

From the position of someone without a lot of connection or insight into the day-to-day functioning of EV (and its projects) this provided a lot of context, and gave me confidence that reforms at EV were seriously considered, and then instituted. Its one thing to read an announcement that an organization is working on, or investigation reforms — but being able to see the specifics of those reforms feels differently, and meaningfully, important to me. I feel glad to have read this post, and for some of the updates it allowed me to make!

I found your section on frugality and donating very inspiring, and I hope you appreciate how impressive it is!