I suspect there are examples of things EAs do out of consideration for other humans that are just as costly, and they justify them on the grounds that this comes out of their “fuzzies” budget. e.g. Investing in serious romantic or familial relationships. I’m personally rather skeptical that I would spend any time and money saved by being non-vegan on altruistically important things, even if I wanted to. (Plus there is Nikola’s point that if you already do care a lot about animals, the emotional cost of acting in a way that financially supports factory farming could be nontrivial.)
I suspect there are examples of things EAs do out of consideration for other humans that are just as costly, and they justify them on the grounds that this comes out of their “fuzzies” budget. e.g. Investing in serious romantic or familial relationships. I’m personally rather skeptical that I would spend any time and money saved by being non-vegan on altruistically important things, even if I wanted to. (Plus there is Nikola’s point that if you already do care a lot about animals, the emotional cost of acting in a way that financially supports factory farming could be nontrivial.)