I ultimately decided to vote for the animal welfare groups, because I believe that animal welfare, in both it’s farmed and wild variants is probably one of the most robust and large problems in the world, and with the exception of groups that are the logistical/epistemic backbone of the movements (they are valuable for gathering data and making sure that the animal welfare groups can do their actions), I’ve become more skeptical that other causes were robustly net-positive, especially reducing existential risks.
I ultimately decided to vote for the animal welfare groups, because I believe that animal welfare, in both it’s farmed and wild variants is probably one of the most robust and large problems in the world, and with the exception of groups that are the logistical/epistemic backbone of the movements (they are valuable for gathering data and making sure that the animal welfare groups can do their actions), I’ve become more skeptical that other causes were robustly net-positive, especially reducing existential risks.