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Winning is underrated in grassroots movements
Why I think grassroots campaigns should focus more on winning over being bold
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James Özden

March 2024

How can activists understand if their tactics are working?
Why activists might ignore evidence and better ways to understand the impact of disruptive tactics
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James Özden
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February 2024

My lifelong pledge to give away 10% of my income each year (and where I donated in 2023)
Giving a bit can achieve a lot
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James Özden

December 2023

Social tipping points are probably overrated
Why a committed minority of 25% likely isn't enough
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James Özden
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March 2023

Tensions between different approaches to doing good
Do we quantify everything, embrace complexity, or try to find a middle ground?
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James Özden
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January 2023

Prophetic promotion as a movement strategy
Don’t be the movement who cried wolf
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James Özden
Things I've changed my mind on recently
New year new beliefs
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James Özden
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December 2022

What you prioritise is mostly moral intuition
The more philosophy I read, the more confused I get
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James Özden

November 2022

Effective Altruism: Not as bad as you think
We need a plurality of ways to do good
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James Özden
The "Eat Local" myth pervades
How Big Ag is distorting the climate science around animal agriculture
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James Özden
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October 2022

Why I could be wrong about SoupGate
Fun diagrams about the impact of radical protest
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James Özden
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What’s everyone got against throwing soup?
Let's actually look at the evidence base behind radical tactics
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James Özden
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