There is an “EA Hotel”, which is decently-sized, very intensely EA, and very cheap.
Occasionally it makes sense for people to accept very low cost-of-living situations. But a person’s impact is usually a lot higher than their salary. Suppose that a person’s salary is x, their impact 10x, and their impact is 1.1 times higher when they live in SF, due to proximity to funders and AI companies. Then you would have to cut costs by 90% to make it worthwhile to live elsewhere. Otherwise, you would essentially be stepping over dollars to pick up dimes.
One advantage of the EA hotel, compared to a grant, for example, is that selection effects for it are surprisingly strong. This can help resolve some of the challenges of evaluation.
There is an “EA Hotel”, which is decently-sized, very intensely EA, and very cheap.
Occasionally it makes sense for people to accept very low cost-of-living situations. But a person’s impact is usually a lot higher than their salary. Suppose that a person’s salary is x, their impact 10x, and their impact is 1.1 times higher when they live in SF, due to proximity to funders and AI companies. Then you would have to cut costs by 90% to make it worthwhile to live elsewhere. Otherwise, you would essentially be stepping over dollars to pick up dimes.
One advantage of the EA hotel, compared to a grant, for example, is that selection effects for it are surprisingly strong. This can help resolve some of the challenges of evaluation.