avoids the many issues seen in traditional academia.
is James’ central claim. I personally find myself confused about how much EA research should be done in academia vs outside of it; I can imagine us moving more towards academia (or other more standardized systems) as we institutionalize.
Academia has a lot of costs and benefits. It would be moderately surprising if the costs and benefits exactly balance out (or come anywhere close) for the median EA researcher.
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is James’ central claim. I personally find myself confused about how much EA research should be done in academia vs outside of it; I can imagine us moving more towards academia (or other more standardized systems) as we institutionalize.
Why would we have to choose between EA research being in vs. out of academia—why not both (which is kind of what we do now, right)?
Academia has a lot of costs and benefits. It would be moderately surprising if the costs and benefits exactly balance out (or come anywhere close) for the median EA researcher.