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Ryan Carey Comments on Jacy Reese Anthis' "Some early history of EA" online The piece could give the reader the impression that Jacy, Felicifia and THINK played a comparably important role to the Oxford community, Will, and Toby, which is not the case. I’ll follow the chronological structure of Jacy’s post, focusing first on 2008-2012, then 2012-2021. Finally, I’ll discuss “founders” of EA, and sum up.

Comments on Jacy Reese Anthis' "Some early history of EA"

Ryan Carey

Effective Altruism Forum, July 2, 2022

Abstract

The piece could give the reader the impression that Jacy, Felicifia and THINK played a comparably important role to the Oxford community, Will, and Toby, which is not the case. I’ll follow the chronological structure of Jacy’s post, focusing first on 2008-2012, then 2012-2021. Finally, I’ll discuss “founders” of EA, and sum up.

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