Thanks for sharing! Minor point: I’m biased about this (because I live there) but London + Oxford + Cambridge is an area that is about the same size as the Bay Area (I can’t find a map-to-map comparison quickly). The communities are mostly separate but with lots of overlap. I expect that’s also true (?) of the Bay Area.
My sense is that, e.g. Berkeley and SF are more integrated than London and Oxford. E.g. the areas in-between Berkeley and SF are continuously built-up, whereas that’s not the case between London and Oxford.
While this is true for London + Oxford and (probably?) London + Cambridge, I don’t think this is true for (London +) Oxford + Cambridge, in particular as Oxford and Cambridge are really poorly connected transportwise.
I think I have the opposite impression although I haven’t spent much time in the bay.
When I lived in London I didn’t feel connected to oxf/cam communities. I think that oxf and cam uni groups are trying to collaborate more but it takes about 2 hours to get from one place to the other.
Thanks for sharing! Minor point: I’m biased about this (because I live there) but London + Oxford + Cambridge is an area that is about the same size as the Bay Area (I can’t find a map-to-map comparison quickly). The communities are mostly separate but with lots of overlap. I expect that’s also true (?) of the Bay Area.
My sense is that, e.g. Berkeley and SF are more integrated than London and Oxford. E.g. the areas in-between Berkeley and SF are continuously built-up, whereas that’s not the case between London and Oxford.
Huh, I thought the Bay Area referred to a larger area (e.g. Palo Alto too). Makes sense!
I can confirm that Reading is not the glistening urban sprawl that we dream it to be.
It does but I think many (not all) EA orgs are situated in SF, Berkeley, and adjacent areas. I’m not up to date, however.
I’m not aware of any EA orgs in South Bay at least back when I was there (circa 2016-2019), with the possible exception of the Foresight Institute.
Stanford Existential Risk Initiative works on X-risk.
Ah yeah I wasn’t thinking of the Stanford folks good point! (Also they were less around in 2019).
While this is true for London + Oxford and (probably?) London + Cambridge, I don’t think this is true for (London +) Oxford + Cambridge, in particular as Oxford and Cambridge are really poorly connected transportwise.
Yes, I think that the degree to which there is a “Loxbridge” is overrated.
I think I have the opposite impression although I haven’t spent much time in the bay.
When I lived in London I didn’t feel connected to oxf/cam communities. I think that oxf and cam uni groups are trying to collaborate more but it takes about 2 hours to get from one place to the other.