I think there can also a bit of a prisoners dilemma dynamic at times here where defecting individually away from stubbornness, or away from EA can seem be the best thing for the individual and even perhaps for a short term tangible outcome, but may actually be worse for the cause we fight for or the EA movement in general over the longer term.
I think anyone who’s been involved in advocacy, organising and activism knows that sometimes you need to be stubborn for purposes of leverage, movement longevity and morale even when it can be a bit anti-truth seeking at times. I’ve done it a number of times.
Also in the GWWC pledge we have fantastic commitment device, which is obviously for a specific use case, but we could learn from it for other cases.
This fantastic post by @Holly Elmore ⏸️ 🔸 “Scouts need soldiers for their work to be worth anything” carries a similar sentiment from a bit of a different angle.
I think there can also a bit of a prisoners dilemma dynamic at times here where defecting individually away from stubbornness, or away from EA can seem be the best thing for the individual and even perhaps for a short term tangible outcome, but may actually be worse for the cause we fight for or the EA movement in general over the longer term.
I think anyone who’s been involved in advocacy, organising and activism knows that sometimes you need to be stubborn for purposes of leverage, movement longevity and morale even when it can be a bit anti-truth seeking at times. I’ve done it a number of times.
Also in the GWWC pledge we have fantastic commitment device, which is obviously for a specific use case, but we could learn from it for other cases.