“This follows from a broader social trend that we briefly discuss in Radical Markets, namely that radical technological innovation is widely praised and accepted in our culture, but radical social innovation is not.”

We don’t just need new tech — we need conscious innovation that integrates social tools for societal benefit and tools which accommodate improvements in this change i.e., can be adapted by a variety of plural societies.

This is an important reference point for rethinking that shift:

“This follows from a broader social trend that we briefly discuss in Radical Markets, namely that radical technological innovation is widely praised and accepted in our culture, but radical social innovation is not.”

We don’t just need new tech — we need conscious innovation that integrates social tools for societal benefit and tools which accommodate improvements in this change i.e., can be adapted by a variety of plural societies.

This is an important reference point for rethinking that shift:
https://lawreview.uchicago.edu/online-archive/radicalxchange-academic-agenda#footnote8_4ajobc7

I could elaborate on this at greater length, but in short: our interpretations of faith (or any worldview) are rarely fully aligned with some “enlightened” ideal. Our social outputs tend to reflect the depth and limitations of our understanding at any given time.

As such, it’s reasonable to expect that these understandings — and the movements built upon them — will evolve. But because that evolution is ongoing, grounding tools like those from RxC in a neutral, inclusive framework increases their potential to serve diverse societies — even those outside shared ideologies.  That said, RxC remains a meaningful contribution to human flourishing — both now and in the future.

And that, to me, is part of their most radical promise.

One area I’d like to see RadicalxChange evolve is by reducing its emphasis on activism. As Glen Weyl openly explores the role of faith in public life, there’s a certain beauty in that unfolding — and it understandably permeates the culture around RxC.

But for RxC’s tools to truly support pluralistic flourishing, I believe they’re best deployed in a credibly neutral frame — not tied too closely to any one value system, even when they originate from deep personal conviction.