tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351793404873095589.post3992395895177297587..comments2024-02-28T01:18:28.672-08:00Comments on Zach Freitas-Groff: Join, or Die (Part 1)Zach Freitas-Groffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09856283828701618783noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351793404873095589.post-79575243897053208982015-05-26T19:14:41.965-07:002015-05-26T19:14:41.965-07:00Awesome! I look forward to reading about it.Awesome! I look forward to reading about it.Ben Kuhnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350732655981572902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351793404873095589.post-4947304054305635082015-05-26T18:48:29.772-07:002015-05-26T18:48:29.772-07:00Agreed, and thanks for reading! That will be for a...Agreed, and thanks for reading! That will be for a later blog post. I suspect there are EAs who ignore collective action a priori, perhaps in part due to personal biases, but I could be wrong.Zach Freitas-Groffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09856283828701618783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351793404873095589.post-11956923640582209622015-05-26T18:41:32.560-07:002015-05-26T18:41:32.560-07:00Congrats on starting a blog!
> if collective a...Congrats on starting a blog!<br /><br />> if collective action can produce major change, and my potential contribution is large enough, it is wrong to stay home.<br /><br />I would bet that the vast majority of self-identified EAers already agreed with this statement at the beginning of your post, despite focusing on individual action. To make a case that, as you later conclude, the EA focus on individual action is "overly narrow," you need to add a key component to your argument, which is that<br /><br />> my potential contribution is, in fact, large enough.<br /><br />My guess is that, for EAers who focus on individual rather than collective action, it's because they disagree with you on this point, not on the hypothetical above. I would love to see more support for the position that collective action participation is individually cost-effective, but it seems like you haven't touched on that here.Ben Kuhnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350732655981572902noreply@blogger.com