Thanks James for your post, I like that you tried to dissect the rather vague idea of “social change” a bit.
Do you agree that broadly speaking, EA is an attempt to bring about social change?
Yup
Is there something missing from the list of social change approaches I’ve described?
Not sure—there are very different ways of dividing aspects of social change, that class things as approaches to elicit personal, relational, cultural/knowledge & structural change. Have a look, but I think that framework is rather different from the one you used.
What do you think EA’s current social change portfolio is?
not sure—I don’t think I have better overview than you.
What do you think it ought to be?
I generally agree with your idea here, I’d also like to see more engagement with other subgroups in the fields that EA moves into, and more influence on(new) organizations that are not EA. Reducing the networking aspect might also help resolve the problems we have with implicit and invisible hierarchies and power structures.
How should we inform the above decision? Historical case studies? Something else?
Check out examples of movements similar to EA that achieved their goals
If we want to be able to adapt to changes in morality, we might want to stick closer to movement support, as all other ways of influence tend to get rigid quickly
Thanks James for your post, I like that you tried to dissect the rather vague idea of “social change” a bit.
Do you agree that broadly speaking, EA is an attempt to bring about social change?
Yup
Is there something missing from the list of social change approaches I’ve described?
Not sure—there are very different ways of dividing aspects of social change, that class things as approaches to elicit personal, relational, cultural/knowledge & structural change. Have a look, but I think that framework is rather different from the one you used.
What do you think EA’s current social change portfolio is?
not sure—I don’t think I have better overview than you.
What do you think it ought to be?
I generally agree with your idea here, I’d also like to see more engagement with other subgroups in the fields that EA moves into, and more influence on(new) organizations that are not EA. Reducing the networking aspect might also help resolve the problems we have with implicit and invisible hierarchies and power structures.
How should we inform the above decision? Historical case studies? Something else?
Check out examples of movements similar to EA that achieved their goals
If we want to be able to adapt to changes in morality, we might want to stick closer to movement support, as all other ways of influence tend to get rigid quickly
Thanks Milena!