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My top ideas of 2022
In 2022, I published two academic articles, one in economics and one in ethics, that contain perhaps my most important ideas of the year. Both articles deal with the problem of farm animal welfare. The first article, The Animal Welfare … Lees verder
The deathprint of replacing beef by chicken and insect meat
Animal-based meat production is a large contributor to climate change. Especially beef has a high a carbon footprint, measured in terms of kilogram CO2-equivalents per kilogram of meat. Switching from beef to chicken meat or insect meat lowers greenhouse gas … Lees verder
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Tags: animal advocacy, animal welfare, effective animal advocacy, veganism
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Why speciesism is a moral illusion (infographic)
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Tags: animal rights, infographics, moral illusions, speciesism, veganism
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The extreme cost-effectiveness of cell-based meat R&D
Updated October 2020: improved calculations. In previous articles, I argued that supporting research and development of cell-based meat technologies could be perhaps the most important strategy to protect animal rights and improve animal welfare (with a possible exception of research … Lees verder
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Tags: cell-based meat, effective altruism, effective animal advocacy, effective environmentalism, veganism
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Veganmodernism: the end of veganism?
For an online presentation, see here. Just like the environmental movement gave birth to ecomodernism, the vegan movement can give birth to veganmodernism. Ecomodernism focuses on technological innovations (e.g. clean energy, genetically modified organisms,…) to decrease our environmental impact, rather … Lees verder
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Tags: cell-based meat, effective animal advocacy, veganism
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Asymmetric altruism
In effective altruism, we have to prioritize the most effective ways to do good. But there are different notions of altruism that influence our prioritization. Altruism has to do with helping others. But the tricky question becomes: helping who exactly? … Lees verder
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Tags: altruism, effective altruism, existential risks, veganism
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The neglected double climate benefits of vegan diets
It is clear that veganism is one of the most effective personal consumption choices to reduce our carbon footprint. A vegan diet reduces the yearly greenhouse gas emissions of an average person in a high-income country with close to 1 … Lees verder
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Tags: climate change, co2 emissions, effective environmentalism, environment, veganism
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Probability estimate for wild animal welfare prioritization
In this article I calculate my subjective probability estimate that the problem of wild animal suffering is the most important cause area in effective altruism. I will use a Fermi estimate to calculate lower and upper bounds of the probability … Lees verder
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Tags: cause prioritization, EA Forum, effective altruism, veganism, wild animal suffering, X-risks
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Stijn Bruers, the rational ethicist 