Having spent time at the EA hotel, there isn’t as much collaboration there as you might expect or hope for. I think it is worthwhile at least trying the experiment to see if this results in improved collaboration. Beyond this, there is a fundamental split between long-termismism and near-termism, in that near-termist spending on these kinds of projects directly trades off against donating to the Against Malaria foundation, while there isn’t a similar comparable option in terms of long-termism (ie. long-termism is less funding constrained).
Having spent time at the EA hotel, there isn’t as much collaboration there as you might expect or hope for. I think it is worthwhile at least trying the experiment to see if this results in improved collaboration. Beyond this, there is a fundamental split between long-termismism and near-termism, in that near-termist spending on these kinds of projects directly trades off against donating to the Against Malaria foundation, while there isn’t a similar comparable option in terms of long-termism (ie. long-termism is less funding constrained).