From curiosity to coherence: How the world transformation movement is taking shape online

Few ideas about human behaviour arrive quietly. Those that attempt to explain why humans are capable of extraordinary cooperation while also prone to division and conflict tend to provoke curiosity, scepticism, and—occasionally—deep engagement. That pattern is now playing out online around the work of Australian biologist Jeremy Griffith and the World Transformation Movement (WTM).

Before turning to how these ideas are discussed on Reddit, it is worth noting that Griffith’s explanation...