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@jayvanbavel.bsky.social hosts a terrific newsletter, "The Power of Us," and it was an honor to contribute to it, along with @madva.bsky.social and @dryan149.bsky.social. @mitpress.bsky.social

The importance of social identity to social change in today's Power of Us newsletter! We're also giving away 5 books to commenters over on Substack who answer the question, "What’s one thing you could do today to help create social change?" www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/how-anyone...

A podcast about civic action and democracy? Yes, please! Very fun conversation with @milaatmos.bsky.social on @futurehindsight.bsky.social

In 2025, the Digital Humanities Consortium @ CPP brought technology and the humanities together through impactful workshops, hands-on learning, and student & faculty fellowships! 💡 Skill-building workshops 🤝 Interdisciplinary collaboration 🎓 Fellowships supporting innovation in tech + humanities

(1) 🔌💡 #Greensky #climatesky #academicsky Hey climate peeps! I have big news. My wife, Dr. Lisa Kaul, is running for NY State Senate, driven by the urgency of climate action & climate justice. Let me tell you about her. 🧵

It's obvious that the power of NRA of part of the reason the USA is awash in guns. It's less obvious how the NRA got so powerful. @dryan149.bsky.social and I get into a little bit with the lovely hosts of From Nowhere to Nothing. @madva.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social

Making sure everything's in place before the #Eagles get-right game today! #FlyEaglesFly #GoBirds #cats

I guess this is 5 months old but too funny and perfect not to repost

In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)" news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

Grateful for Noel Castree's thoughtful and thorough review of our book! A little puzzled that he seemed to think our examples of small actions leading to big changes meant we weren't alive to the need for "big organizing" that targets "intersectional, multiple, and tiered" structures...

From Stanisław Lem's classic sci-fi to beautifully illustrated books on art and science, we've got holiday books for you & yours. Support local bookstores and receive a little discount when you use code MITP15 for 15% off select titles at @bookshop.org: bookshop.org/info/mit-press

Loved this piece! Not just the content -- the prose is delicious, too. (Although, as a lifelong insomniac, this also gave me plenty of FOMO...)

Last chance to sign up for our hybrid events with philosopher and podcaster extraordinaire Barry Lam! Lunch is on us if you can make it in person! dhc-lam.eventbrite.com @hiphination.bsky.social @rtvan.bsky.social @wwnorton.com @wwnortonuk.bsky.social @slate.com

"this conversation is going to leave you feeling inspired and enlivened... maybe you're going to have a couple ideas about how you can actually do something" Me and @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social unruin everything with Adam Conover, @adamconover.net! www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0O6...

NBD (Also feel compelled to note that the Spanish-for-Italian-speakers course actually maxes out at 60...) #duolingo

Governerds, what's good!? Was such a pleasure and an honor to speak with America's Government Teacher, Sharon McMahon, on The Preamble podcast! thepreamble.com/s/the-preamb... @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz @mitpress.bsky.social @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social

@mitpress.bsky.social "Gifts for the intellectually curious. Forward-thinking and beautifully designed, MIT Press books embody bold thinking and rigorous inquiry." Including: Somebody Should Do Something! Use code MITP15 for 15% OFF. Valid thru 12/15 bookshop.org/info/mit-pre...

The California Center for Ethics and Policy at Cal Poly Pomona just launched its newest podcast season: "Insert AI-Generated Title"! It's about artificial intelligence and how it impacts our lives. In Episode 1, Tone It Down, CCEP Student Fellow Jon Carrigan interviews linguist Sylvan Jesien

I was happy for the opportunity to shout out a couple of my favorite books in the terrific Tyler Collection at Stanford's Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences - and to get a shout out of our own recent addition to it @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social @madva.bsky.social bit.ly/3JUl5vV

Somebody Should Do Something and a bunch of other cool looking MIT Press books are 40% off today through the end of the week! mitpress.mit.edu/collections/...

Mark Thompson Show visit with @madva.bsky.social, first comment: "I am almost 89 years old. I am so worried about what kind of world my great grandchildren are going to grow up in. There has to be a solution to change all this." Feeling this, some ideas. @mitpress.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social

Tired of wacky socks and artisanal pickles for holiday gifts? Know anyone desperate to make social change but feeling like they don't know how? Welllll . . . you could consider buying them Somebody Should Do Something. 40% off if you order Nov 19-21. @madva.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social

Join us in person or on Zoom on Thursday 12/4 as we host @hiphination.bsky.social for 2 back-to-back events! 1) Humanities Podcasting hiphination.org 2) Delegating Decisions to Machines? The Case for Human Discretion dhc-lam.eventbrite.com

Somebody Should Do Something on Publishers Weekly "Higher Learning 2025" @madva.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social

I'm looking forward to discussing "Somebody Should Do Something" by @dryan149.bsky.social @madva.bsky.social and @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social today at PPE Society. (It's so accessible and well-written I plan to gift it to socially engaged friends for Christmas!) #philsky #philosophy

The great @saraprotasi.bsky.social giving excellent comments--with feeling!--on Somebody Should Do Something at the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics annual conference. @madva.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social

For those who hate how generative AI is being rolled out (blindly, uncritically), here's my advice: www.vox.com/future-perfe...

"We all know the boiling point of water, but we don’t know the tipping point for changes in the social world." @vox.com's Future Perfect newsletter is one of the best. Thanks for the shout out in it, @sigalsamuel.bsky.social! @madva.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social

Social Change, like AI Resistance, is a Team Sport! 🙏🏼 @sigalsamuel.bsky.social @vox.com @madva.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social

Actions can set off cascades that lead to major structural outcomes. Causal effects in such systems don’t always build on each other in a smooth or continuous way. Sometimes they build nonlinearly, allowing seemingly small events to produce disproportionately large changes.

All credit to Dan for this metaphor!

“In Somebody Should Do Something three philosophers show how anyone can help create social change. The key, they argue, is to realize that when we join forces with others, our actions can lead to butterfly effects” link.vox.com/view/608adc6...

@samuel-bagg.bsky.social is right that teaching skills like media literacy and critical thinking alone is not going to fix democracy’s epistemic problems. But this essay makes a common either/or mistake that derails discussion of solutions for the political crisis it seeks to help solve. 🧵

First interview that @madva.bsky.social, @dryan149.bsky.social, and I have done that comes in three parts. Many thanks to Dr. Anotida Chikumbu for having us! Parts 2&3 below. @mitpress.bsky.social

The votes to end the shutdown reflect the divide among Dems that @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social pointed out at the beginning: Rather than left vs. moderate, the party's direction is being fought over by a “team normal” faction and a “team abnormal” one. www.vox.com/on-the-right...

@dryan149.bsky.social and I have published a paper on how we should all be a little less like Holden Caufield (i.e. obsessed with the idea of authenticity) and a bit more like María Lugones (i.e. celebrating our multiple facets)

🚨New Paper!🚨 Do you love authenticity? @ledaberio.bsky.social and I argue that maybe you shouldn't! We think that everything would be better if we all just got over the idea of true selves and were cooler with the fact that we all contain multitudes. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I read the news today, oh boy (Use whenever applicable)

Book excerpt published by the Association of MBAs today! Most case studies in our book were drawn from the US but here we assembled insights from Latin American feminism and the success of the "Green Tide" @mitpress.bsky.social @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social #booksky #feminism #GreenTide

gift link for when the prophecy was foretold: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o...

Bay Area peeps! See you at 2pm today (11/2), Book Passage in the Ferry Bldg! If you can't make it today, come find me at Stanford's "Philosophers for a Brighter World" working group tomorrow at 4! @mitpress.bsky.social @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social #booksky #socialchange

Part 2 of our interview for Dr. Anotida Chikumbu's BOOK SERIES is out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=d13M... @dryan149.bsky.social @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #booksky

Sun. Nov. 2nd, Alex @madva.bsky.social presents "Somebody Should Do Something" at Book Passage — the Bay Area's liveliest bookstore! Join him to learn how anyone can help create social change: www.bookpassage.com/event/alex-m... #IndieBookstore

"We have not successfully addressed the climate crisis, income inequality, or myriad other long-standing injustices. Why think we can come together now? And yet, we are." @madva.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social

NEW: Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, has issued a new statement declaring that Chicago "communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants."

If you're interested in the club but can't make it this time, email club president Connor Ruiz at [email protected].