My understanding is that Founder’s Pledge (I think it was them) tried to look at impactful donation opportunities to boost economic growth and didn’t find anything that had a good evidence base and that was neglected. So I’m a bit skeptical on that.
Even then, it seems unlikely that more economic growth will lead to better treatment of animals. Right now, countries getting richer is strongly correlated with more factory farming. Innovation and improvements in AI are currently used by companies to increase density in farms. We can make a point that more research will automatically lead to alternative proteins replacing everything but it’s very speculative.
My understanding is that Founder’s Pledge (I think it was them) tried to look at impactful donation opportunities to boost economic growth and didn’t find anything that had a good evidence base and that was neglected. So I’m a bit skeptical on that.
Even then, it seems unlikely that more economic growth will lead to better treatment of animals. Right now, countries getting richer is strongly correlated with more factory farming. Innovation and improvements in AI are currently used by companies to increase density in farms. We can make a point that more research will automatically lead to alternative proteins replacing everything but it’s very speculative.