Interesting
Did you try looking at animal welfare when calculating for the overall utility of science?
I except this could change substantially your results, especially when including the many ways technological progress has been used to boost factory farming (eg genetic sélection).
Interesting Did you try looking at animal welfare when calculating for the overall utility of science? I except this could change substantially your results, especially when including the many ways technological progress has been used to boost factory farming (eg genetic sélection).
See this post on the topic “Global welfare may be net negative and declining” https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/HDFxQwMwPp275J87r/net-global-welfare-may-be-negative-and-declining-1