Donating my shares to Lightcone Infrastructure, the Good Food Institute, and the Long-Term Future Fund, because EA refuses to make Mirror's Edge 3

I bought this EA stock almost thirteen years ago:

Back in the late 2000s and early 2010s, EA was a great company pumping out great, interesting games:

• Mirror's Edge had a striking art style and showcased a whole new style of first-person parkour gameplay.
• Crysis infamously pushed graphical technology to such extremes that it was like getting a preview of videogame technology 5-10 years in the future.
• Spore was… weird and bad, but its ambition and uniqueness was inspiring.
• The Dead Space games (including the almost weirdly good point-and-shoot Wii spinoff) were pretty creative, and the realism of Battlefield 3 felt like a valuable counterpoint to an increasingly-cartoony Call of Duty series.  Both series felt like they were crafted with a lot of care, despite their big-budget action vibes.
• This was a hidden gem [...]

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Outline:

(00:20) Leaning into EA disillusionment: Why I no longer believe in EA

(02:24) EA is was three radical ideas I want to protect

(03:57) The soul of EA is in trouble

(06:10) EA is about maximization, and maximization is perilous

(09:22) Dont be bycatch

(10:47) EA and the current funding situation

(12:20) Abandoning EA, in favor of doing the most good

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