Itās rarely wise to do as many different types of things as Spencer Greenberg does and usually best to focus more, at least until youāre ~excelling at each thing
I think Spencerās approach is going very well for him, but that itās not good as standard advice for most people or even most entreprneurial EAs
I think itās plausible itād make sense for ESH to eventually sometimes do quite small, quick, simple, and cheap primary empirical research, like a small quick survey, as one small additional input into recommendations. But I think itās easy to underestimate how much survey work benefits from methodological expertise and effort, and I think that sort of work is very different from whatās proposed in this post. So Iād guess it shouldnāt be one of ESHās primary focuses or something ESH tries to get really good at (just in order to focus).
FWIW, Iād guess that:
Itās rarely wise to do as many different types of things as Spencer Greenberg does and usually best to focus more, at least until youāre ~excelling at each thing
I think Spencerās approach is going very well for him, but that itās not good as standard advice for most people or even most entreprneurial EAs
I think itās plausible itād make sense for ESH to eventually sometimes do quite small, quick, simple, and cheap primary empirical research, like a small quick survey, as one small additional input into recommendations. But I think itās easy to underestimate how much survey work benefits from methodological expertise and effort, and I think that sort of work is very different from whatās proposed in this post. So Iād guess it shouldnāt be one of ESHās primary focuses or something ESH tries to get really good at (just in order to focus).
But those are just some quick thoughts.