Empathy—I try to save slugs and snails etc, so I get this feeling that we should take all lives mattering seriously. There is something caring and beautiful in this and I like this intuition
Confusion—I have felt this about veganism a bit recently. I don’t really think it’s worth the amount of stress it caused me to be vegan in terms of animal lives saved. Perhaps I should do it for a month a year to remind me of the cost, but I until I hit diminishing returns on my work I should probably do that. I used to think “if I were in slave owning times I should have divested entirely” but I dunno these days. Probably my anti-slavery resources were better spent first and foremost funding abolitionists. I don’t know the exact costs
Frustration—I find this story sort of a bit insane. It’s about someone I know who is very kind tying themselves in knots over over a few hundred hours of micro-consciousness. I have a voice of a friend in my head being like “that’s an insane story” and for myself I’d allow it a bit but at some point I think I’d say that it isn’t the best way to help moths or all consciousness and that most minds would agree with the parts of me that want to throw in the towel
Sadness—I’m sad that you are sad, especially after trying to be so kind. And I agree that it’s weird how we behave to people who we maybe think are doing bad things like the insect guy.
“I used to think “if I were in slave owning times I should have divested entirely” but I dunno these days. Probably my anti-slavery resources were better spent first and foremost funding abolitionists. I don’t know the exact cost”
- I appreciate this level of honesty and skepticism ❤️
I guess I feel a lot of things:
Empathy—I try to save slugs and snails etc, so I get this feeling that we should take all lives mattering seriously. There is something caring and beautiful in this and I like this intuition
Confusion—I have felt this about veganism a bit recently. I don’t really think it’s worth the amount of stress it caused me to be vegan in terms of animal lives saved. Perhaps I should do it for a month a year to remind me of the cost, but I until I hit diminishing returns on my work I should probably do that. I used to think “if I were in slave owning times I should have divested entirely” but I dunno these days. Probably my anti-slavery resources were better spent first and foremost funding abolitionists. I don’t know the exact costs
Frustration—I find this story sort of a bit insane. It’s about someone I know who is very kind tying themselves in knots over over a few hundred hours of micro-consciousness. I have a voice of a friend in my head being like “that’s an insane story” and for myself I’d allow it a bit but at some point I think I’d say that it isn’t the best way to help moths or all consciousness and that most minds would agree with the parts of me that want to throw in the towel
Sadness—I’m sad that you are sad, especially after trying to be so kind. And I agree that it’s weird how we behave to people who we maybe think are doing bad things like the insect guy.
“I used to think “if I were in slave owning times I should have divested entirely” but I dunno these days. Probably my anti-slavery resources were better spent first and foremost funding abolitionists. I don’t know the exact cost”
- I appreciate this level of honesty and skepticism ❤️