I agree with your points and think they’re valuable to point out and focus on.
Another thing I got wondering about is the size threshold. Like, I’m willing to drop what I’m doing and fly to DC for a 100k protest because of how much of an impression I think that would make, but I don’t feel like I would do that for a 10k protest. Some of that could be anchoring bias, and it’s hard to say how much, but there’s definitely interesting dynamics in choosing the threshold and how it is presented. I think 100k is a good number, but is it the best number for:
attracting people to pledge based on the impression they imagine it making
actually being attainable
actually making an impression on global decision makers.
I don’t think I know how to answer that, but I like clarifying that those are the things I think we’re trying to maximize in choosing a pledge. Though it’s already 100,000 and people are already pledging, so for that reason, it’s probably the best!
I agree with your points and think they’re valuable to point out and focus on.
Another thing I got wondering about is the size threshold. Like, I’m willing to drop what I’m doing and fly to DC for a 100k protest because of how much of an impression I think that would make, but I don’t feel like I would do that for a 10k protest. Some of that could be anchoring bias, and it’s hard to say how much, but there’s definitely interesting dynamics in choosing the threshold and how it is presented. I think 100k is a good number, but is it the best number for:
attracting people to pledge based on the impression they imagine it making
actually being attainable
actually making an impression on global decision makers.
I don’t think I know how to answer that, but I like clarifying that those are the things I think we’re trying to maximize in choosing a pledge. Though it’s already 100,000 and people are already pledging, so for that reason, it’s probably the best!