Sharing: Intro to Collective Action

Sharing: Intro to Collective Action

Private, invite-only for this prototype run. Send to individuals and small groups, not broadcast lists.

Key facts

  • 6 sessions × 90 min, online, weekdays Wed 7 – Wed 14 Oct 2026, 15:30–17:00 CEST
  • €20, refunded if you attend all 6
  • Prototype: the material is developed as the course runs

Tagline

From arms races to planetary cooperation.

Sub-tagline: Moloch, the metacrisis, and how cooperation scales.

One-liner

Why cooperation fails, how it succeeds, and how it scales.

Description (SEO / link previews)

A short online course on why cooperation fails, how it succeeds, and how it scales – from arms races and the commons to AI, climate and the metacrisis.

Short message (Signal / WhatsApp / DM)

Hi [name] – I'm running a prototype course on collective action in October: 6 online sessions, 90 min each, weekdays Wed 7 – Wed 14 Oct, 15:30–17:00 CEST. It covers why cooperation fails (arms races, commons, free riding), how we cooperate anyway, and how cultural evolution has scaled cooperation up – with an eye on AI, climate and nuclear weapons. €20, refunded if you come to all 6. Thought it might interest you:

https://secondrenaissance.net/course/collective-action

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Subject: Prototype course on collective action – October

Hi [name],

I'm running a small prototype course in October: Intro to Collective Action.

Collective action failure – arms races, overused commons, free riding – sits underneath a lot of our biggest problems, from climate change to AI. The course covers the basic dynamics (prisoner's dilemma, stag hunt, tragedy of the commons), how we manage to cooperate anyway (Ostrom, repeated games, the state), and how cultural evolution has taken cooperation from bands to nations. The last sessions ask what the jump to planetary cooperation would take.

  • 6 sessions of 90 min, online
  • Weekdays, Wed 7 – Wed 14 Oct 2026, 15:30–17:00 CEST
  • €20, refunded if you attend all 6
  • No prior game theory needed

It's a prototype, so the material will be developed as we go and feedback is very welcome.

Details and sign-up: https://secondrenaissance.net/course/collective-action

Rufus

Short post (for later, if it goes public)

Intro to Collective Action – from arms races to planetary cooperation. A short online course on why cooperation fails, how it succeeds, and how it scales – with applications to AI, climate and nuclear weapons. €20, refunded if you attend all 6. https://secondrenaissance.net/course/collective-action

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