Great list—even though the EA community certainly doesn’t exclude or disvalue the humanities, I think it can be perceived as such. As someone with deep pulls to narrative + cultural change practitioners, I particularly like that you’ve included literature/media here—narrative change is a nascent field but an oft-touted accomplishment is the legalization of gay marriage: Cultural change in acceptance of LGBT people: lessons from social marketing
If narrative can influence policy then this kind of work does seem important for building out institutions capable of governing for the long-term.
Great list—even though the EA community certainly doesn’t exclude or disvalue the humanities, I think it can be perceived as such. As someone with deep pulls to narrative + cultural change practitioners, I particularly like that you’ve included literature/media here—narrative change is a nascent field but an oft-touted accomplishment is the legalization of gay marriage: Cultural change in acceptance of LGBT people: lessons from social marketing
If narrative can influence policy then this kind of work does seem important for building out institutions capable of governing for the long-term.