Occupy again (and differently)

The banks are collapsing again and it feels like Occupy could return.

When the banks collapsed in 2008, Occupy Wall Street emerged in 2011.

Now the banks are collapsing again and it feels like Occupy could return. 

If I had a second chance to create Occupy Wall Street then I’d do it all differently.

Occupy taught me:

1. Activism's current theories of change are incorrect.
   I tried to remedy this with The End of Protest

2. Today's activist culture is broken.
   I addressed this by creating the online Activist School

3. Political ideologies limit our imagination of what can be achieved.
   I pushed the boundaries by going to Davos.

What I'd do differently if Occupy returns is to see the movement as a source of energy for achieving something seemingly unrelated that would otherwise be impossible.

In other words, I wouldn't assume that the grievance that triggered the movement is the goal.

The problems facing humanity today are "hyperobjects" that are nearly impossible to think about and necessarily require massive global coordination.

This time, I'd embrace an alliance with elites who provide resources and legality. The movement provides people power. Then we work together on tackling something massive: energy transition, controlling AI, space travel, climate catastrophe mitigation, etc. 

I’d give the world something big to dream about.