Setting up a vegan restaurant chain associated with Effective Altruism could provide a cost-neutral or even profitable way of providing home bases for EA Societies in major cities. It would also provide opportunites to grow the community by prominently advertising any EA events running at the place.
Downside: This might be seen as cultish. It wouldn’t surprise me if there was no-one who was value-aligned who had the relevant skills. That said, we might be able to sign a franchise agreement with an existing restaurant.
(Probably not a good idea, but when brainstorming it is better to share more rather than less)
Framing it as EA hubs that also happen to serve vegan food could come off as less cultish. The restaurant could also donate 10% of revenue to GiveWell. Edit: Or let the customer select a GiveWell charity to receive 10% of their bill.
An EA Vegan Restaurant Chain:
Effective Altruism
Setting up a vegan restaurant chain associated with Effective Altruism could provide a cost-neutral or even profitable way of providing home bases for EA Societies in major cities. It would also provide opportunites to grow the community by prominently advertising any EA events running at the place.
Downside: This might be seen as cultish. It wouldn’t surprise me if there was no-one who was value-aligned who had the relevant skills. That said, we might be able to sign a franchise agreement with an existing restaurant.
(Probably not a good idea, but when brainstorming it is better to share more rather than less)
Framing it as EA hubs that also happen to serve vegan food could come off as less cultish. The restaurant could also donate 10% of revenue to GiveWell. Edit: Or let the customer select a GiveWell charity to receive 10% of their bill.
Vegans want to live where vegan restaurants exist
Vegan restaurants want to exist where vegans live
Perhaps a place we could add value is in coordination. The rest should happen by itself, theoretically