Is there some taxonomy somewhere of the ways different social/intellectual movements have collapsed (or fizzled)? Given that information, we’d certainly have to adjust for the fact that EA:
Exists in the 21st century specifically, with all the idiosyncrasies of the present time
Is kind of a hybrid between a social movement and an intellectual movement: it’s based on rather nuanced ideas, is aimed at the highly-educated, and has a definite academic component (compare mainstream conservatism/socialism with postmodernism/neoliberalism)
But still, I’d guess there’s potentially a lot of value in looking at the outside view.
Is there some taxonomy somewhere of the ways different social/intellectual movements have collapsed (or fizzled)? Given that information, we’d certainly have to adjust for the fact that EA:
Exists in the 21st century specifically, with all the idiosyncrasies of the present time
Is kind of a hybrid between a social movement and an intellectual movement: it’s based on rather nuanced ideas, is aimed at the highly-educated, and has a definite academic component (compare mainstream conservatism/socialism with postmodernism/neoliberalism)
But still, I’d guess there’s potentially a lot of value in looking at the outside view.