Animal rights, service organizations (e.g. Rotary Club (not of the same size, just an example of a service organization), churches, issue-focused groups (e.g. anti-abortion, Palestine solidarity groups), Marxism, Objectivism, women’s rights groups, etc. A lot of other social justice groups. You could also even include hobby groups (e.g. a local soccer club).
Note that there are obvious differences with any of these groups (e.g. churches are local, EA is global), but there are meaningful similarities (e.g. a local EA chapter is similar to a local Marxism chapter).
I think EA could gain a lot from strengthening these support systems, both in the global and local sense.
What are some of these other communities of similar size that you have in mind?
Animal rights, service organizations (e.g. Rotary Club (not of the same size, just an example of a service organization), churches, issue-focused groups (e.g. anti-abortion, Palestine solidarity groups), Marxism, Objectivism, women’s rights groups, etc. A lot of other social justice groups. You could also even include hobby groups (e.g. a local soccer club).
Note that there are obvious differences with any of these groups (e.g. churches are local, EA is global), but there are meaningful similarities (e.g. a local EA chapter is similar to a local Marxism chapter).
I think EA could gain a lot from strengthening these support systems, both in the global and local sense.