These are interesting (or amusing, or important) philosophical questions but I am not suren they can be answered. I’ve seen other EA arguments that reducing insect suffering should be the priority because there are many more of them than humans. I think most people sort of go with their gut (and also prioritize global poverty over life in the next 1000 years). But there are other priorities i rank hire than global poverty—there are many important causes and some are linked.
These are interesting (or amusing, or important) philosophical questions but I am not suren they can be answered. I’ve seen other EA arguments that reducing insect suffering should be the priority because there are many more of them than humans. I think most people sort of go with their gut (and also prioritize global poverty over life in the next 1000 years). But there are other priorities i rank hire than global poverty—there are many important causes and some are linked.