I agree that the concept of an open society as you characterize it has a clear connection to EA. My sense is that the term is commonly used to describe something more specific, closely linked to the ideas of Karl Popper and the foundations of George Soros (Popper’s “disciple”), in which case the argument for adding a Wiki entry would weaken. Is my sense correct? I quickly checked the Wikipedia article, which broadly confirmed my impression, but I haven’t done any other research.
The direct democracy tag is meant for investments in creating specific kinds of change through the democratic process. But people are using it for other things now anyway—probably it’s good to have a “ballot initiatives” tag and rename this tag to “democracy” or something else. Good catch!
I added two new entries: democracy and safeguarding liberal democracy. The first covers any posts related to democracy, while the second covers specifically posts about safeguarding liberal democracy as a potentially high-impact intervention.
I still need to do some tagging and add content to the new entries.
I agree that the concept of an open society as you characterize it has a clear connection to EA. My sense is that the term is commonly used to describe something more specific, closely linked to the ideas of Karl Popper and the foundations of George Soros (Popper’s “disciple”), in which case the argument for adding a Wiki entry would weaken. Is my sense correct? I quickly checked the Wikipedia article, which broadly confirmed my impression, but I haven’t done any other research.
Yes, I think your sense is correct.
Yeah, maybe something broader like “democracy” or “liberal democracy.” Perhaps we could rename the “direct democracy” tag to “democracy”?
The direct democracy tag is meant for investments in creating specific kinds of change through the democratic process. But people are using it for other things now anyway—probably it’s good to have a “ballot initiatives” tag and rename this tag to “democracy” or something else. Good catch!
Here’s what I did:
I renamed direct democracy to ballot initiative.
I added two new entries: democracy and safeguarding liberal democracy. The first covers any posts related to democracy, while the second covers specifically posts about safeguarding liberal democracy as a potentially high-impact intervention.
I still need to do some tagging and add content to the new entries.
I agree. I’ll deal with this tomorrow (Thursday), unless anyone wants to take care of it.