located in an existing hub so that program participants have plenty of people outside the program to interact with
I donât understand this consideration. It seems to me that people located in a place with a more robust existing community are the people that would counterfactually benefit the least from a place to interact with other EAs, because they have plenty of opportunities to do so already.
Iâm assuming by âhubâ you mean âEA hubâ, but if by âhubâ you mean âa place with high population density/âotherwise a lot of people to talk toâ, then this makes sense.
(Full disclosure: I was a grantee of CEEALAR last year; but Iâm thinking about this in the context of non-residential office/âco-working spaces like Meridian Office).
I agree that people in existing EA hubs are more likely to come across others doing high value work than people located outside of hubs.
That said, on the current margin, I still think many counterfactually connections happen at office spaces in existing EA hubs. In the context of non residential spaces, Iâm not really sure who would use an EA office space outside existing EA hubs so Iâm finding the comparison between office in a hub vs office outside a hub a little confusing (whereas with CEEALAR I understand who would use it).
I imagine there could be a useful office in a city with ~20 people using it regularly and ~100 people interested enough in EA to come to some events, and I wouldnât think of that city as an âEA hubâ.
I also think eg. a London office has much more value than an eg. an Oxford or Cambridge office (although I understand all three to be hubs), even though Oxford and Cambridge have a higher EA-density.
I donât understand this consideration. It seems to me that people located in a place with a more robust existing community are the people that would counterfactually benefit the least from a place to interact with other EAs, because they have plenty of opportunities to do so already.
Iâm assuming by âhubâ you mean âEA hubâ, but if by âhubâ you mean âa place with high population density/âotherwise a lot of people to talk toâ, then this makes sense.
(Full disclosure: I was a grantee of CEEALAR last year; but Iâm thinking about this in the context of non-residential office/âco-working spaces like Meridian Office).
I agree that people in existing EA hubs are more likely to come across others doing high value work than people located outside of hubs.
That said, on the current margin, I still think many counterfactually connections happen at office spaces in existing EA hubs. In the context of non residential spaces, Iâm not really sure who would use an EA office space outside existing EA hubs so Iâm finding the comparison between office in a hub vs office outside a hub a little confusing (whereas with CEEALAR I understand who would use it).
I imagine there could be a useful office in a city with ~20 people using it regularly and ~100 people interested enough in EA to come to some events, and I wouldnât think of that city as an âEA hubâ.
I also think eg. a London office has much more value than an eg. an Oxford or Cambridge office (although I understand all three to be hubs), even though Oxford and Cambridge have a higher EA-density.