Hi !
I just started reading the book "The good it promises, the harm it does" and I think it'd be more enjoyable/useful to do this as part of a weekly discussion group.
I'm planning on doing this virtually, and I think ideally it would be 3-8 people per group (I'm happy to facilitate the formation of additional groups if more than 8 people are interested in participating). My current plan is do discuss one chapter per week, each discussion lasting 60-90 min, but I'm open to being convinced that there are better formats.
(Whilst writing this, I've seen that The Seattle EA group beat me to this idea (except theirs is in person)- good job!)
If you're interested in joining this virtual discussion group, please indicate your interest using this very quick form.
I'll be closing the form on the 3rd of March.
*I* am still interested in doing it but I thought it'd be good to let people know in case they wanted to change their mind about participating.
I think although you might not gain any insight into specific critiques of the EA framework from reading it, it is probably still good to get a sense of the different types of critiques people have of EA in this specific domain (which many/most EAs don't have a detailed understanding of). I think I'm also hopeful that there are some broadly applicable critiques which might still apply across other cause areas we work in.