EA - Why did CEA buy Wytham Abbey? by Jeroen W

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Why did CEA buy Wytham Abbey?, published by Jeroen W on December 6, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum.Yesterday morning I woke up and saw this tweet by Émile Torres:I was shocked, angry and upset at first. Especially since it appears that the estate was for sale last year for 15 million pounds:I'm not a big fan of Émile's writing and how they often misrepresent the EA movement. But that's not what this question is about, because they do raise a good point here: Why did CEA buy this property? My trust in CEA has been a bit shaky lately, and this doesn't help.Apparently it was already mentioned in the New Yorker piece:#:~:text=Last year%2C the Centre for Effective Altruism bought Wytham Abbey%2C a palatial estate near Oxford%2C built in 1480. Money%2C which no longer seemed an object%2C was increasingly being reinvested in the community itself."Last year, the Centre for Effective Altruism bought Wytham Abbey, a palatial estate near Oxford, built in 1480. Money, which no longer seemed an object, was increasingly being reinvested in the community itself."For some reason I glanced over it at the time, or I just didn't realize the seriousness of it.Upon more research, I came across this comment by Shakeel Hashim: "In April, Effective Ventures purchased Wytham Abbey and some land around it (but