I’m not sure doing a startup should really be thought of as replaceable.
But it is true that the .impact work is EA movement building, whereas doing a start-up isn’t, so if you think EA movement building is more pressing, then that’s reason against the startup.
True, the chances of someone doing a very similar startup aren’t 100% (though they’re not 0%). I was more thinking that there’s more of a shortage of people doing EA movement building than of people doing startups, and partly as a result of this a marginal extra person doing EA work is more valuable.
I’m not sure doing a startup should really be thought of as replaceable.
But it is true that the .impact work is EA movement building, whereas doing a start-up isn’t, so if you think EA movement building is more pressing, then that’s reason against the startup.
True, the chances of someone doing a very similar startup aren’t 100% (though they’re not 0%). I was more thinking that there’s more of a shortage of people doing EA movement building than of people doing startups, and partly as a result of this a marginal extra person doing EA work is more valuable.