Effective altruism's work on the far future is not a bait and switch hiding behind its work on global health; both halves are worth defending.

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• Factory farming of animals will be looked back on as a relic of a less-evolved age NPNatalie Portman27 Oct 2009animal welfare
• Farm animal welfare tends to improve when an animal's stress directly and measurably reduces farmers' economic productivity. ENElizabeth Van Nostrand1 May 2026animal welfare
• The human cost of factory farming, to slaughterhouse workers and above all to the environment, is staggering NPNatalie Portman27 Oct 2009animal welfare
• Effective altruism's scandals are minor next to its record, and its ratio of accomplishments to scandals is as good as that of any large institution. SAScott Alexander28 Nov 2023
• The more effective altruism has absorbed itself in saving humanity, the less humanistic it has become. MJMatt Johnson21 Dec 2023

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