Question for AIM folks: what's the thinking behind running a very involved process twice per year, as opposed to recruiting from near-misses from previous rounds? 

Are there savings to be made here? Asking as someone deeply concerned with cost effectiveness as a vital principle of EA... and a former finalist!

That seems like a very high rate of remission to me, congratulations! And on the EAIF funding as well. 

It seems that this problem is best solved by regulation + import controls, with industry-wide agreements being an 'in the meantime' solution. Doesn't this make a case for redirecting more resources toward legislative strategy, and less toward corporate campaigns?

Hahaha, alright. I appreciate the self-awareness. :) I, too, have words to live by, even Spanish ones. 

And they call us a cult. A 𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡! 

I skimmed your examples and think neither should meet the bar for a 'little telling off.' 

In light of the Netflix doccos coming out later this year, and whatever other scandal might be waiting around the corner, I think we ought to ease up on this level of public language policing. The critics are coming; let's not make their job easy for them (nor convert from within our own community). 

Hi Zachary, do you have any notion of the success rate in going from recommitment -> realised changes? 

Also, thanks for your service! 6+ years is a lot of volunteering. 

Finally, indeed! I hope the changes materialise. 

Indeed! I asked the same questions in a recent LinkedIn post and am planning to address this topic in a new substack post soon (so now I'm wondering if we know each other 🥷🏽). 

To answer your last question - pretty common. The majority I think, though estimates differ. 

I started off at 100% but, having reflected on this for a few days, I’m now unsure. I stand by the point I alluded to elsewhere on the forum - that language has been used as a class gatekeeping tool since forever, AI levels the field, and this is good - but on the other hand, the slop is out of control. 

You can’t get a read of the writer’s personality if AI is used (that might be beneficial in some cases, but I believe it's worse overall); it represents the next level of performative twoddle that I’ve decided I do not like (even if I engage in it myself sometimes), and we don’t need another way to distance ourselves from being seen by one another. 
 

So, @NickLaing changed my mind.

Given the response you’ve had so far, I understand the comfort and the  concern.