I agree that the “equilibrium” you describe is not great, except I don’t think it is an equilibrium; more that, due to various factors, things have been moving slower than they ideally should have.
EA hotel struggles to collect low tens of $
I’m guessing you meant tens-of-thousands. It’s actually mid-tens-of-thousands of $: £44.2k~$57k (from 69 unique donors) as of writing (not counting the money I’ve put in).
Flagging that there has been a post specifically soliciting reasons against donating to the EA Hotel:
$100 Prize to Best Argument Against Donating to the EA Hotel
And also a Question which solicited critical responses:
Why is the EA Hotel having trouble fundraising?
I agree that the “equilibrium” you describe is not great, except I don’t think it is an equilibrium; more that, due to various factors, things have been moving slower than they ideally should have.
I’m guessing you meant tens-of-thousands. It’s actually mid-tens-of-thousands of $: £44.2k~$57k (from 69 unique donors) as of writing (not counting the money I’ve put in).