Executive summary: Despite recent stagnation in some high-profile areas, the author expresses increased long-term optimism about the animal movement, citing major improvements in movement culture, infrastructure, and funding, though noting potential future bottlenecks in innovative ideas.
Key points:
Movement culture has improved significantly, with reduced infighting and increased collaboration across ideological lines, fostering a more professional and cooperative environment.
Infrastructure has expanded and matured, including conferences, career support, funder networks, coordinated communication, and evaluative tools that enhance the movement’s capacity for sustained impact.
Funding for farmed animal advocacy has grown dramatically, reaching hundreds of millions annually, and is becoming more impact-oriented.
Talent in the movement has increased, with more full-time professionals replacing the earlier volunteer-driven model, although the exact growth is hard to quantify.
Innovation and new ideas may be stagnating, potentially becoming a limiting factor as the movement matures, though the author believes better infrastructure and funding will eventually help address this.
The author contrasts this optimism with skepticism toward other movements, such as Effective Altruism, which they feel may be trending in the opposite direction.
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Executive summary: Despite recent stagnation in some high-profile areas, the author expresses increased long-term optimism about the animal movement, citing major improvements in movement culture, infrastructure, and funding, though noting potential future bottlenecks in innovative ideas.
Key points:
Movement culture has improved significantly, with reduced infighting and increased collaboration across ideological lines, fostering a more professional and cooperative environment.
Infrastructure has expanded and matured, including conferences, career support, funder networks, coordinated communication, and evaluative tools that enhance the movement’s capacity for sustained impact.
Funding for farmed animal advocacy has grown dramatically, reaching hundreds of millions annually, and is becoming more impact-oriented.
Talent in the movement has increased, with more full-time professionals replacing the earlier volunteer-driven model, although the exact growth is hard to quantify.
Innovation and new ideas may be stagnating, potentially becoming a limiting factor as the movement matures, though the author believes better infrastructure and funding will eventually help address this.
The author contrasts this optimism with skepticism toward other movements, such as Effective Altruism, which they feel may be trending in the opposite direction.
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