{"items": [{"author": "opted out", "source_link": "#", "anchor": "unknown", "service": "unknown", "text": "this user has requested that their comments not be shown here", "timestamp": "1506613053"}, {"author": "Ryan", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/902513039512?comment_id=902516836902", "anchor": "fb-902516836902", "service": "fb", "text": "Hmm. If I'm reading you right, you seem to be bemoaning the quantity of good input from established organizations in the discourse (and while you apply it specifically to EA, this also seems to happen in other areas). I find this idea to be a bit strange, since how organizations usually *become* authoritative is partly by having what they say be borne out as correct and/or helpful -- in other words, it has a high level of quality.
The effort that has to be put into continuing to produce high-quality content (especially once one has a reputation for doing so to uphold) seems to me that it would by its nature mean that there is a lower quantity of it, as more of the available resources are put into polishing the high-quality content instead of merely generating a lot of it and hoping to strike gold periodically (there is an irony here, because in the picture you paint, that \"striking gold\" is how they became authoritative in the first place).
There is a balance to be struck between the two, for sure.", "timestamp": "1506614365"}, {"author": "Adam", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/902513039512?comment_id=902519761042", "anchor": "fb-902519761042", "service": "fb", "text": "After many youthful years with a sore maw, from repeatedly shoving my foot in it, I've taken considerable care to choose my words thoughtfully and with precision. This may create issues where a quick retort is required, but it's a trade off that I am willing to tolerate.", "timestamp": "1506616398"}, {"author": "Taymon", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/902513039512?comment_id=902519766032", "anchor": "fb-902519766032", "service": "fb", "text": "Obligatory http://effective-altruism.com/.../some_thoughts_on.../", "timestamp": "1506616427"}, {"author": "David Chudzicki", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/902513039512?comment_id=902667664642", "anchor": "fb-902667664642", "service": "fb", "text": "\"When you speak in an unguarded way you risk saying something that doesn't quite match what you think, or what you would think on reflection, ...\"
I think you're underemphasizing the kind of guardedness that comes not from worry about whether you're saying what you would really think upon more reflective, but rather fear of negative public reaction, even if that negative reaction is to what you really think upon careful consideration.
Probably some of the discourse you're referring to just can't be said without negative public reaction, but other times it can but only much more carefully.
I think this explains Ryan's disagreement above. The problem isn't so much that there's a higher quality bar.", "timestamp": "1506690717"}, {"author": "Daniel", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/902513039512?comment_id=902667664642&reply_comment_id=902831152012", "anchor": "fb-902667664642_902831152012", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Agreed. And I think one cost of guardedness that seems missing from the post is that guardedness can bias thinking in favor of more easily palatable and defensible ideas, both in discussions between people as well as one's own thoughts.", "timestamp": "1506788625"}]}