Archive - Understanding Social Change

Why you can justify almost anything using historical social movements

Examples of confirmation bias in social movements (and what we can do it about)

Mar 13 •

November 2024

Winning is underrated in grassroots movements

Why I think grassroots campaigns should focus more on winning over being bold

Nov 1, 2024 •

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

Mar 23, 2024 •

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

Feb 12, 2024 •

December 2023

Social tipping points are probably overrated

Why a committed minority of 25% likely isn't enough

Dec 26, 2023 •

March 2023

Tensions between different approaches to doing good

Do we quantify everything, embrace complexity, or try to find a middle ground?

Mar 18, 2023 •

January 2023

Prophetic promotion as a movement strategy

Don’t be the movement who cried wolf

Jan 22, 2023 •

Things I've changed my mind on recently

New year new beliefs

Jan 3, 2023 •

December 2022

What you prioritise is mostly moral intuition

The more philosophy I read, the more confused I get

Dec 24, 2022 •

November 2022

Effective Altruism: Not as bad as you think

We need a plurality of ways to do good

Nov 24, 2022 •

The "Eat Local" myth pervades

How Big Ag is distorting the climate science around animal agriculture

Nov 5, 2022 •

October 2022

Why I could be wrong about SoupGate

Fun diagrams about the impact of radical protest

Oct 22, 2022 •

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