It’s definitely hard to replace CEA! But this thread has an air of helplessness, like there are only 10 people in the world who can do anything in EA, and this seems immediately falsified by the large number of people who are doing things in EA, including specifically the stuff Michael suggests like having membership societies.
(Note: I don’t know to what extent you endorse this view of helplessness, so feel a little like I’m picking on you here, but I feel fairly confident that the median reader would take away a sense of helplessness from this thread.)
It’s definitely hard to replace CEA! But this thread has an air of helplessness, like there are only 10 people in the world who can do anything in EA, and this seems immediately falsified by the large number of people who are doing things in EA, including specifically the stuff Michael suggests like having membership societies.
(Note: I don’t know to what extent you endorse this view of helplessness, so feel a little like I’m picking on you here, but I feel fairly confident that the median reader would take away a sense of helplessness from this thread.)