As you might have guessed, veg*nism advocacy isn’t my current guess for the best cause and I don’t restrict my diet. (I won’t get in to details on this because I’d prefer to keep the discussion focused.) But I know I appreciate people providing informed, thoughtful outside criticism of the causes I support, and I guessed many veg*n Effective Altruists feel the same way, so that’s what I tried to do for them.
It’s a useful contribution, thanks, we need more like it! (Though I’m more in your camp. In fact I think recidivism is a big concern across EA as a whole. I’ve struggled with it myself as a veg*n of varying varieties. However—I’d guess like you—I prefer to avoid public picking apart of my personal choices. When I tried optimising my allocation of willpower recently, veg*nism turned out on reflection to consume a lot of this, though my impression is that I find it unusually hard and unpleasant. :S )
It’s a useful contribution, thanks, we need more like it! (Though I’m more in your camp. In fact I think recidivism is a big concern across EA as a whole. I’ve struggled with it myself as a veg*n of varying varieties. However—I’d guess like you—I prefer to avoid public picking apart of my personal choices. When I tried optimising my allocation of willpower recently, veg*nism turned out on reflection to consume a lot of this, though my impression is that I find it unusually hard and unpleasant. :S )