EA Forum Podcast (Curated & popular) “Announcing Highly Engaged EAs!” by Sam Anschell
Apr 2, 2026
A playful launch of a matchmaking and naturalization service that pairs people to optimize taxes, green card chances and relocation. Discussion of marrying across tax brackets to boost charitable giving. Practical tips on visa strategy and cost-saving community-run weddings. A quirky case for one-syllable, complementary baby names to cut global pronunciation time.
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Tax Optimization Through Matchmaking
- Highly Engaged EAs proposes matchmaking marriages to reduce average tax burdens and increase charitable giving by enabling joint filing.
- Example: a US AI safety researcher earning $1M could donate ~$53k more yearly by marrying an unpaid grad student, per the episode.
Matchmaking For Immigration And Green Cards
- The service markets naturalisation matching to bypass place-premium and visa sponsorship limits by pairing movers with nationals of target countries.
- Claim: over 1,000 people bought million-dollar 'gold cards', and spouses can often secure visas when employers won't.
Combine Roles To Cut Event Costs
- For efficiency, assign multiple small roles to the same people when organising events to cut costs and complexity.
- The episode jokingly suggests Buck Shlegeris and Ajeya Cotra serve as witnesses, officiants, and entertainment at weddings.
