Yes, I expect they’ll do worse on fostering great mentor-mentee relationships and I’m not proposing this as a fix-all. That said, I reckon the casual setting might mean the bar for attending is lower, especially if it’s in an EA-dense city e.g. I can imagine a good mentor might not want to give a talk at a uni group, but might swing by a picnic.
Yes, I expect they’ll do worse on fostering great mentor-mentee relationships and I’m not proposing this as a fix-all. That said, I reckon the casual setting might mean the bar for attending is lower, especially if it’s in an EA-dense city e.g. I can imagine a good mentor might not want to give a talk at a uni group, but might swing by a picnic.