@erwinrossen
> Is the alternative you propose "Don't do good" or "Try to do good, but in a random way without caring if it actually helps"?
there are problems with the belief that •donating money• is central to •doing good•.
i am not saying you have these beliefs. since you yourself are vegan, you can probably see these problems too.
one problem is this: organisations, who want more money, have an incentive to overstate the effect of donations (to receive more of them) and an incentive to understate the effect of personal change (so as to not alienate potential donors who are hostile towards change).
therefore, you have organisations like #farmkind who tell people to NOT go vegan but just give them money, because it is scientifically proven to be more effective to do this instead.
organisations like #DanishVegetarianSociety have joined this campaign, and they are hosting meat-eating competitions — for the animals. they justify this approach with research and statistics.
i have attached an ad for their #CompassionCalculator app.
what i suggest is this: when people argue something that sounds absurd, then i don't care and i don't think others should care whatever "research" is used to justify this. the alternative to acting according to this "science" is not to act randomly.
instead i suggest listening to your own heart and those around you who make sensible arguments.
if you like, i can share one or two absurd arguments that effective altruists have made to me.
thank you for having this discussion with me, and most of all: thank you for being #vegan.
brainwashed by lentils
Erwin Rossen 🔸
