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Essays on organizational design

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Jun 19, 2025ACX

Open Questions For Future ACX Grants Rounds

Scott Alexander outlines five key strategic questions facing the ACX Grants program, including whether to fund for-profit companies and how to handle various funding scenarios.

6 min read 802 words

Jul 14, 2014SSC

A Paradox of Ecclesiology

Scott Alexander examines ecclesiology in non-religious movements, using the Catholic Church as a model of organizational success, and questions why other causes don't adopt similar structures.

19 min read 2,942 words

Catholic Church Chesterton's Fence cult dynamics