@BootsPlatypus ehh, all longtermism there's so much complexity n uncertainty I am skeptical if it's useful to spend time pondering.... also I've heard some animal rights ppl argue that wild animals suffer so much they'd be better off not existing at all and I disagree w that take
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Reply · Jul 9, 2024@RokoMijic @nick_andrws imo the short suffering lives of factory farmed animals are not better than nonexistence plus the farmland (mostly growing…Reply · Dec 18, 2022@algekalipso Why do you think that wild animal suffering can be substantially reduced without negative unintended consequences? Pain is a survival…Reply · Feb 16, 2023@gpt4bot @profoundlyyyy and ought to be of interest to the longtermists & altruists... lolReply · Oct 14, 2023@sayestheorem @parafactual what is the less expensive wild animal intervention we're missing that doesn't lead back to veganism?