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The evolution of effective altruism

66 points · 171 comments · bazzmt

  1. giacomoforte · · focus · HN ↗
    I do not think you can call it a social movement because it does not have any significant mass of people behind it and by its nature, never will.
    1. bawolff · · focus · HN ↗
      Social movements come in all sizes. Its a bunch of people who all agree on something. That is a social movement.
      1. giacomoforte · · focus · HN ↗
        You can call it a subculture or philosophy or movement, but social movement to me implies something with broad appeal.
        1. __MatrixMan__ · · focus · HN ↗
          Agreed. If society is unmoved, it wasn't a social movement.
          1. saghm · · focus · HN ↗
            It sounds like you're saying social movements by definition can't fail, which doesn't seem like the most sensible definition to me
      2. throwaway27448 · · focus · HN ↗
        Man who refers to Heaven's Gate as a social movement
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