History nerd, reader, writer. Main worries: Extreme poverty, X-risk, metaphorical X-risk in the form of a war that is not an existential risk to humanity as a whole but still kills me and everyone I know and possibly destroys civilization as we know it.
Not a vegetarian, but would like to do a serious long-term analysis of costs and benefits at some point, so if you have any really really good arguments for it that are not incompatible with a total-sum utilitarian the-repugnant-conclusion-is-not-all-that-repugnant perspective, I’m happy to hear them.
While I like the story, I wouldn’t recommend it for the contest, for spoilery reasons. Putting them into ROT13:
Vafgrnq bs bccbfvat Fhcrezna qverpgyl, Yrk Yhgube vasvygengrf gur znffvir RN nccnenghf ohvyg nebhaq hfvat Fhcrezna rssrpgviryl naq trgf n wbo nf Fhcrezna’f cflpuvngevfg, gurerol (nf orpbzrf pyrne va gur raq) nyybjvat uvz gb pbageby uvf jbefg rarzl gb qb uvf jvyy—n pevfvf gung jbhyqa’g unir rkvfgrq vs Fhcrezna unq fhpprffshyyl xrcg n frperg vqragvgl, be fgnlrq orybj gur enqne.
Vafbsne nf gur fgbel unf n zbeny, vg vf gung crbcyr jub qrfver cbjre jvyy frrx gb gnxr pbageby bire nal naq nyy fbheprf bs vg, ertneqyrff bs jung gur cbjre vf ynoryrq nf orvat sbe. Guvf vf n avpr yrffba, ohg V fhfcrpg gung vg vf tbvat gb or ernq nf ‘RN [va cnegvphyne] vf ihyarenoyr gb uvwnpxvat ol znyribyrag sbeprf orpnhfr vg vf pbafrdhragvnyvfg, RN naq pbafrdhragvnyvfz ner gurersber obgu onq’ juvpu vf abg ernyyl n zrffntr jr jnag gb fcernq.