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Summary
Paul and Katie talk about cabins and permies and gardens
Paul thinks this year they might achieve half the food that they need for everyone which is good as they've spent much of the 11 years so far building soil and not specifically growing food. Katie is staying in the red cabin.
Paul says the red cabin is the most popular and Katie says she likes it as it has good WiFi. She also says it's too cheap: it costs $250 for a week, vs $150 a night for a hotel room. Paul points out that the $150 hotel room likely has a built in bathroom, so you don't have to go outside to
pee, which is a point but if you want a bathroom you can stay in the fisher-price house.
Paul reminds us about the
Bootcamp Experience Log which has replaced the former BRK, which rewards boots for making 100 posts. It appears to work better than BRK did.
Paul has an ongoing theme that he wants to see more people at the lab or in bootcamp. Katie thinks that it's hard for people to break loose from the system, and because the system at the lab is still being built, it lacks some things that people tend to rely on like cafés or school or childcare. Paul thinks she's hit the nail on the head, people are used to relying on existing systems.
Returning to the pricing issue, Katie speculates that maybe there could be different levels of accommodation at different price levels, so people could choose to spend more for more luxury/privacy.
Paul lists the things that have been done to make the place more attractive like a reliable
water supply, and initiatives like the better world book, none of which so far have had any effect on numbers.
Katie feels maybe Paul and
Wheaton labs are ahead of their time. Also people might mistrust what they see on the internet and be unwilling to risk visiting, since so much marketing in the world is hype.
Relevant Threads
Back the BEL, Ring the BEL (Bootcamp Experience Log)
The Red Cabin
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