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This is the third in a sequence of posts taken from my recent report: Why Did Environmentalism Become Partisan?
Summary
Rising partisanship did not make environmentalism more popular or politically effective. Instead, it saw flat or falling overall public opinion, fewer major legislative achievements, and fluctuating executive actions.
Public Opinion...
This post presents the executive summary from Giving What We Can’s impact evaluation for 2025. At the end of this post we share links to more information, including the full report and...
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Hadn't seen it mentioned anywhere yet that Luigi Mangione (US person who killed a health insurance executive) was interested in EA. "He suggested I schedule group video calls as he really wanted to meet my other founding members and start a community based on ideas like rationalism, Stoicism, and effective altruism.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna183996
Linking some prior discussion here -- the accused person's last name isn't spelled correctly in that quick take, so you may have missed it on search.
Ahhh got it, thanks! Funny how most of the comments there are trying to rationalize his affiliation with EA as "not EA" lol.