Great summary of one of my fav books!
P.S. Peter Singer also made a documentary covering the main points of the book. You can watch it for free here:
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Thank you so much for making so many great linked resources about FTG available for free!
Iām tardy to the party but I wanted to join in. I share a lot of OPās concerns especially when it comes to shrimp welfare.
As I wrote in a previous post:
āMost of our data on the topic [of farmed shrimp sentience] is based on another shrimp species about as evolutionarily distant from whatās most commonly eaten as sharks are from humansā
Iām probably too late to get read but I think https://āāccf.rethinkpriorities.org/āādonor-compass/āā is a good automated tool for you.
And if u want more personalized advice thereās https://āāwww.arkphilanthropy.org/āā which employ smart humans who would be happy to chat.
Can give more recommendations if youāre still interested.
This article is really good food for thought but for now Iām more swayed by Marcusās more pessimistic take in the comments. I just wanted to add another correction to this post where it says:
āThe last time new technology opened up this kind of money, it led to one of the largest declines in extreme poverty and child mortality in human history.ā
I explored that statement with Gemini 3.5* and it thinks the above is half right .
It said itās correct that early 21st tech boom ended up saving the lives of 5.4 million children each year, cutting global child mortality āby more than half in a single generationā.
However it said the roughly 80% reduction in extreme poverty around that time was probably more correlation than causation.
*P.S. Sorry I had to use Gemini cuz I ran out of Claude credits
This is great to hear! Any reason why āmajor grantmakers have significantly more to deploy than they did a few years ago ā the EA Animal Welfare Fund alone has had more funding allocated to it in the past six months than in the previous six yearsā?
Just wanted to note that this work was highlighted by ourworldindata.org/ādo-better-cages-or-cage-free-environments-really-improve-the-lives-of-hens
Great post and beautiful charts
Canāt wait to find time to watch this.
Quick nitpick: thereās currently no link at the end of this sentence āYou can see our retrospective on our first two videos here.ā
Iām convinced tho I must admit I was turned off by this post (and the associated quitgpt.org) opening its case by Brockmanās contribution to MAGA. And thatās saying something cuz I dislike that movement a lot.
But I really think itās much more partisan and controversial than it should be when the reasons that follow include being unprincipled about enabling authoritarianism.
My first attempt went pretty poorly but Iām not giving up yet. Iām making some adjustments and will try again in 2026.
This is great news and good timing! A few days ago I was wondering what your org was up to.
Iām afraid Iām quite unqualified to do this screw worm research myself but please let me know if thereās any other way I can support this effort
Sounds great! Do you plan to release an audiobook of this?
Thanks! I genuinely appreciate that and will keep you posted.
This is an incredible first post! Thanks so much for sharing!
Would you mind shedding some light on why The New Roots Institute wasnāt recommended this year?
Thanks so much for your time and consideration. And Iām very happy to hear this:
āRegarding your first question about whether alternative protein products are ready for large-scale production, we believe the answer is yesā
And the other good news you shared about the European market. Btw I asked ChatGPT 5 to factcheck your guide āon plant-based foods and healthā and it concluded it was āvery accurate overallā :) Source: https://āāchatgpt.com/āās/āāt_690d22d30ed8819196577cca4f47ab84
So I dug all this and just wanted to say thanks again! I really appreciate your feedback!
āthe general concept of UPFs is nonsenseā
I canāt argue with that! In case youāre interested, GFI Europe ārecently partnered with the Physicians Association for Nutrition to publish one of the most comprehensive, evidence-based guides on plant-based foods and healthā* and it makes a very strong case that UPFs are overblown when it comes to concerns over plant based meat since thatās usually healthier than conventional meat.
*Source: head of GFI Europe: https://āāforum.effectivealtruism.org/āāposts/āārGt4PADp65iN6zupG/āāscale-up-the-neglected-bottleneck-facing-alternative?commentId=AGgZmHLmTZ89KYFa8
āBut Iām also far from an expert on any of this, so on reflection I should have just skipped weighing in on this point at all.ā
Lol Iām glad you didnāt skip it since your writing never fails to brighten my day. And your TED talk was great too btw! Thanks for all your hard work and reading and replying to my comment
Great data, thanks for sharing!