Good article. I was wondering if it would make more sense to put EAG in a city that was specifically designed to host conferences (e.g. Vegas or Atlanta) as opposed to Boston or San Fransisco.
Thank you! Good question. I think Charles’ consideration makes sense here, though I’m not super familiar with what the location-based EA ecosystem looks like.
P.S. Charles, I’ve found many of your posts super insightful. Maybe not many people talk to you (me neither, unless I initiate the convo!), but perhaps more people are listening than you think.
I’m not super familiar with what the location-based EA ecosystem looks like.
Thanks for your kind note. My comment was just a consideration, in the weakest sense.
Another issue is that this might be driven by the tail value of a few EAs having valuable meetings, which seems hard to measure. My guess is that CEA has considered this and has some anecdotes or intuitions.
As a consideration, sometimes related to EA activity, people might actually have meetings in those cities, e.g. meetings with people associated with the schools in Boston, companies or labs in SF, or policy makers in London.
Good article. I was wondering if it would make more sense to put EAG in a city that was specifically designed to host conferences (e.g. Vegas or Atlanta) as opposed to Boston or San Fransisco.
Thank you! Good question. I think Charles’ consideration makes sense here, though I’m not super familiar with what the location-based EA ecosystem looks like.
P.S. Charles, I’ve found many of your posts super insightful. Maybe not many people talk to you (me neither, unless I initiate the convo!), but perhaps more people are listening than you think.
Thanks for your kind note. My comment was just a consideration, in the weakest sense.
Another issue is that this might be driven by the tail value of a few EAs having valuable meetings, which seems hard to measure. My guess is that CEA has considered this and has some anecdotes or intuitions.
Maybe others will comment?
Haha, thanks, now there’s at least two of you!
As a consideration, sometimes related to EA activity, people might actually have meetings in those cities, e.g. meetings with people associated with the schools in Boston, companies or labs in SF, or policy makers in London.
(Not me though, no one talks to me.)