I agree that this is kind of absurd but I expect that public concern for small-scale animal suffering weakly increases potential future concern for large-scale animal suffering, rather than funging against it. I think it weakly helps by propagating the meme of “animal suffering is a problem worth taking seriously”.
I wouldn’t promote concern for Olympic horses as an effective cause area, but I wouldn’t fight against it, either.
I agree that this is kind of absurd but I expect that public concern for small-scale animal suffering weakly increases potential future concern for large-scale animal suffering, rather than funging against it. I think it weakly helps by propagating the meme of “animal suffering is a problem worth taking seriously”.
I wouldn’t promote concern for Olympic horses as an effective cause area, but I wouldn’t fight against it, either.
Absolutely. Definitely this is still better than a world where people say “it’s OK to whip a horse!”