If the EA Hotel is easily confirmed as real, as in it is offering what it claims it is offering at a reasonable quality level at the price it claims to be offering that thing, then I am confused why it has any trouble being funded. This is yet another good reason for that.
I understand at least one good reason why there aren’t more such hotels—actually doing a concrete physical world thing is hard and no one does it.
It’s possible the hotel’s funding troubles have more to do with weirdness aversion than anything else.
I personally spent 6 months at the hotel, thought it was a great environment, and felt the time I spent there was pretty helpful for my career as an EA. The funding situation is not as dire as it was a little while ago. But I’ve donated thousands of dollars to the project and I encourage others to donate too.
If the EA Hotel is easily confirmed as real, as in it is offering what it claims it is offering at a reasonable quality level at the price it claims to be offering that thing, then I am confused why it has any trouble being funded. This is yet another good reason for that.
I understand at least one good reason why there aren’t more such hotels—actually doing a concrete physical world thing is hard and no one does it.
There’s been a great deal of discussion of the EA Hotel on the EA Forum. Here’s one relevant thread:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/ek299LpWZvWuoNeeg/usd100-prize-to-best-argument-against-donating-to-the-ea
Here’s another:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/JdqHvyy2Tjcj3nKoD/ea-hotel-with-free-accommodation-and-board-for-two-years#vLtqSuEh7ZPm7jwYT
It’s possible the hotel’s funding troubles have more to do with weirdness aversion than anything else.
I personally spent 6 months at the hotel, thought it was a great environment, and felt the time I spent there was pretty helpful for my career as an EA. The funding situation is not as dire as it was a little while ago. But I’ve donated thousands of dollars to the project and I encourage others to donate too.