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Ballots Everywhere: Times & Places
Scott organizes local meetups across several US cities where rationalist community members will collectively research ballot measures and candidates to create voting guides.
4 min read 501 words
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community organizing
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Essays on community organizing
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Your Book Review: Breakdown In Pakistan
This review of Masooda Bano's 'Breakdown in Pakistan' examines how Western aid systematically destroys the capacity of local voluntary organizations to mobilize collective action, replacing diverse community-driven institutions with professionalized NGOs dependent on foreign funding.
49 min read 7,544 words
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Michael Vassar in Europe
Michael Vassar is visiting European cities in April-May 2013 and wants to meet with Less Wrong community members.
1 min read 118 words
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V is for Value Maximizing Agent: London, November 5
Scott announces a London rationality meetup on November 5th (Guy Fawkes Day) at Waterstone's in Piccadilly Circus, humorously noting he's again scheduling it on a holiday despite promising otherwise.
1 min read 118 words