A few weeks ago, Linch, Auckland (pseudonym), and I (Ruby) decided to chat about something and settled on this topic. What follows is a mix of distillation and edited chat (Slack) transcript.
Auckland and I (Ruby) start from the position that the Wave non-disparagement agreement is probably bad. Linch expresses uncertainty about whether, if broader society (or at least your local reference class) makes use of non-disparagement agreements, that makes it okay to use them yourself.
We discuss various possible examples of not-good behavior (non-consent, lying, bribing, saying “awesome” when you mean “mildly positive”) that people empirically engage in and/or seem more okay if everyone is doing them. We think about what “reference class”... (read 3098 more words →)