Agreed. There are some more arguments for Berlin: - it has a local EA community whose member count may well be somewhere in the 100s - it is one of Europe’s major startup hubs - it already has a very large expat community and culture. Accordingly, you can manage most of everyday life from grocery shopping to socializing with non-EAs without knowing a word of German.
Regarding the plans for Berlin Longtermist Hub Chris mentioned: Here you can find our project outline. Note that it still is a work in progress and things will change over the next weeks and months.
No one’s quite sure exactly what the WHO’s Pandemic Intelligence Hub is going to, like y’know, actually do… but it existing is probably a marginal boost in favour of Berlin for Biosecurity EAs.
You may want to join this group if you aren’t there already.
I’m bullish on Berlin given TEAMWORK and the plans to create a long-termist version of the EA Hotel there which seem to have significant backing.
Agreed. There are some more arguments for Berlin:
- it has a local EA community whose member count may well be somewhere in the 100s
- it is one of Europe’s major startup hubs
- it already has a very large expat community and culture. Accordingly, you can manage most of everyday life from grocery shopping to socializing with non-EAs without knowing a word of German.
Regarding the plans for Berlin Longtermist Hub Chris mentioned: Here you can find our project outline. Note that it still is a work in progress and things will change over the next weeks and months.
Maybe you’re already considering this but here it goes anyway:
I‘d advise against the name ‚longtermist hub‘. I wouldn‘t want longtermism to also become an identity, just as EA is one.
It also has reputational risks—which is why new EA-oriented orgs do not have EA in their name.
Very strong upvote. Thanks for commenting this Simon.
Yes, we are currently working on a better name. Thanks for the input, and feel free to send me a message if you have a great idea.
No one’s quite sure exactly what the WHO’s Pandemic Intelligence Hub is going to, like y’know, actually do… but it existing is probably a marginal boost in favour of Berlin for Biosecurity EAs.
Do you know which funder is supporting the EA Hotel type thing?
Apparently they have support from a private donor.