I don’t mean to dismiss Muufri, just put the true counterfactual in perspective. If there is a potential market for these products, replaceability is a realistic expectation.
I don’t think this dynamic applies to everything equally. I would expect it to apply more for those actions that exist in a market equilibrium, like supplying a substitute for an existing good at a given price. Maybe the same is true for donations, selective consumption, undercover investigations or political activism, but that seems less obvious to me.
Why did it take so long for someone to start an animal-free milk company?
Is it because the state of the research and technology to enable Muufri’s business wasn’t sufficiently advanced until now? If so, that would support the replaceability hypothesis.
Or is it because there is a shortage of entrepreneurs who start organizations to do something no one else is working on? If so, that seems to support Auren Hoffman’s hypothesis.
I don’t mean to dismiss Muufri, just put the true counterfactual in perspective. If there is a potential market for these products, replaceability is a realistic expectation.
I don’t think this dynamic applies to everything equally. I would expect it to apply more for those actions that exist in a market equilibrium, like supplying a substitute for an existing good at a given price. Maybe the same is true for donations, selective consumption, undercover investigations or political activism, but that seems less obvious to me.
Why did it take so long for someone to start an animal-free milk company?
Is it because the state of the research and technology to enable Muufri’s business wasn’t sufficiently advanced until now? If so, that would support the replaceability hypothesis.
Or is it because there is a shortage of entrepreneurs who start organizations to do something no one else is working on? If so, that seems to support Auren Hoffman’s hypothesis.