It feels super clear that the Holocaust is wrong or torture is wrong, it's not just each person's opinion.
I directlyn experience that my pleasure is good and my pain is bad, so it doesn't feel like a big jump to say that everyone's pleasure is objectively good and everyone's pain is objectively bad.
What do you do when direct utilitarian computations give unintuitive results, for example if direct utilitarian math said that you should give 80% of the fund to just shrimp welfare? Is your methodology basically just to rank grant opportunities by utilitarian effectiveness (using best guesses) or do you have minimum percentages per species, or have allocation percentages for measurable interventions vs new/experimental interventions, or other ways of allocating?
I love the EA Animal Welfare Fund, thanks for your work!
What do you do when direct utilitarian computations give unintuitive results, for example if direct utilitarian math said that you should give 80% of the fund to just shrimp welfare? Is your methodology basically just to rank grant opportunities by utilitarian effectiveness (using best guesses) or do you have minimum percentages per species, or have allocation percentages for measurable interventions vs new/experimental interventions, or other ways of allocating?
I love the EA Animal Welfare Fund, thanks for your work!
I liked your post
https://farmanimalwelfare.substack.com/p/we-love-animals-why-do-we-torture?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2
. What do you think the most promising interventions / donation opportunities are for decreasing ignorance of conditions for animals on factory farms?
Are there organizations for example that make videos on animal welfare and A/B test which resonate best with typical people?