(Not a very high-effort comment, reposting it from Substack for encouragement)[1]I
Super excited to see you going into this area. It’s a thorny field where a lot of speculation is currently needed, and it seems most people who care about this (not that there are many of us), still defer to Brian Tomasik articles from fifteen years ago. It’s cool to see someone with your degree of visibility carrying the torch, and it motivates me to speak up on this topic too. I applied to give a talk about how to reduce wild animal suffering now (and considerations for wild animal suffering in the future) at an animal advocacy conference this summer, and while I have no confirmation that I’ll be able to do it, you played a role in me proposing this topic.
I must confess that I comment early whenever I see a Bentham’s Bulldog post about invertebrates or other animals, to send a signal that some dedicated readers do care about the subject and want to see more of it. Let’s just say that for now, my positive reactions still stick out amidst the comments, sadly.
(Not a very high-effort comment, reposting it from Substack for encouragement)[1]I
Super excited to see you going into this area. It’s a thorny field where a lot of speculation is currently needed, and it seems most people who care about this (not that there are many of us), still defer to Brian Tomasik articles from fifteen years ago. It’s cool to see someone with your degree of visibility carrying the torch, and it motivates me to speak up on this topic too. I applied to give a talk about how to reduce wild animal suffering now (and considerations for wild animal suffering in the future) at an animal advocacy conference this summer, and while I have no confirmation that I’ll be able to do it, you played a role in me proposing this topic.
I must confess that I comment early whenever I see a Bentham’s Bulldog post about invertebrates or other animals, to send a signal that some dedicated readers do care about the subject and want to see more of it. Let’s just say that for now, my positive reactions still stick out amidst the comments, sadly.