I appreciate you doing this Ben. I had some very vague concerns, as did several acquaintances I spoke to over the last couple years. My default move would be to share concerns with a charity's trustees, so I tried to look up Nonlinear's in case I or someone else would need to contact them, but I found out they weren't registered as a charity and I didn't have any other way of finding out if there was anyone overseeing Kat and Emerson in any meaningful sense.

I do think that the majority of EA organisations have either a non-profit or for-profit board, or are being incubated inside of a larger org with one of those things, so that should give most organisations a bit clearer accountability. I think Nonlinear was uniquely difficult.

Agree that early EA would be a very fun topic

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Oh wow, I have so many!

-I eat meat, because animal welfare isn't a top priority for me, although I very much support better lives for farm animals

-I spend money on a bunch of things that other people might not prioritise. I have separate donation and spending money budgets, and my spending money budget is relatively liberal (eg my husband and baby son and I live in a 3 bedroom house in London)

-I'm a big fan of bureaucracy and following the rules, way more than the average EA

The irony

For me, this is a substantive post. Nonlinear do a lot of "meta" EA work so their business practices and future matter to me

Well put, Rob - you changed my mind

Yes, he did, as part of a three hour call which he describes in his post