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So­cial and in­tel­lec­tual movements

TagLast edit: 20 Jun 2022 12:50 UTC by Leo

The social and intellectual movements tag applies to posts that discuss how other social and intellectual movements relate to effective altruism. For example, they might discuss:

Further reading

Aird, Michael (2020) Collection of EA analyses of how social social movements rise, fall, can be influential, etc., Effective Altruism Forum, March 26.
Many additional resources on this topic or related topics.

Della Porta, Donatella & Mario Diani (eds.) (2015) The Oxford Handbook of Social Movements, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Klandermans, Bert & Conny Roggeband (eds.) (2010) Handbook of Social Movements across Disciplines, New York: Springer Science+Business Media.

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Which prop­er­ties does the EA move­ment share with deep-time or­gani­sa­tions?

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JamesÖz28 Mar 2022 14:02 UTC
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0 comments3 min readEA link

Protest move­ments: How effec­tive are they?

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43 points
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305 points
41 comments4 min readEA link

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32 points
3 comments128 min readEA link
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92 points
18 comments15 min readEA link

The Fabian so­ciety was weirdly similar to the EA movement

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Why do so­cial move­ments fail: Two con­crete ex­am­ples.

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102 points
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44 points
0 comments41 min readEA link
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[Question] What are some ex­am­ples of suc­cess­ful so­cial change?

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31 points
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151 points
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122 points
24 comments11 min readEA link
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122 points
31 comments2 min readEA link

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64 points
15 comments22 min readEA link

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119 points
37 comments3 min readEA link

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21 points
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9 points
1 comment16 min readEA link
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29 points
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73 points
52 comments5 min readEA link

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11 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

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9 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

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66 points
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20 points
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30 points
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129 points
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156 points
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13 points
0 comments30 min readEA link
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16 points
3 comments4 min readEA link
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C Tilli13 Nov 2023 20:00 UTC
23 points
11 comments4 min readEA link

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160 points
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4 points
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27 points
2 comments2 min readEA link
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