To me the basic variance seems to be in the level of centralization (hierarchy with a centre vs. loose cluster), hierarchicality, type of connections between organizations (formal vs. informal).
Possibly closer example than academia or corporations may be “environmental movement” … where you have research, action, and policy components, and I would guess there may be things to learn from.
Yes, environmental movement is a good comparison. I’m still not sure what exactly can be translated from that movement to EA at this point, mainly because the involved group is much smaller… but would be definitely interesting to hear your ideas on this.
The environmental movement seems to be the closest analogy. It would be strange to find this movement having even the levels of (implicit, claimed) hierarchy that EA does. This should be cause for concern.
To me the basic variance seems to be in the level of centralization (hierarchy with a centre vs. loose cluster), hierarchicality, type of connections between organizations (formal vs. informal).
Possibly closer example than academia or corporations may be “environmental movement” … where you have research, action, and policy components, and I would guess there may be things to learn from.
Yes, environmental movement is a good comparison. I’m still not sure what exactly can be translated from that movement to EA at this point, mainly because the involved group is much smaller… but would be definitely interesting to hear your ideas on this.
The environmental movement seems to be the closest analogy. It would be strange to find this movement having even the levels of (implicit, claimed) hierarchy that EA does. This should be cause for concern.