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← The human cost of factory farming, to slaughterhouse workers and above all to the environment, is staggering

14 connected korrents · 10 moments from 13 Dec 1968 to 1 May 2026. Nearly all of them are about animal welfare.

Everything filed under sustainability sustainability Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under demographics demographics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The human cost of factory farming, to slaughterhouse workers and above all to the environment, is staggering The human cost of factory farming, toslaughterhouse workers and above all tothe environment, is staggering Last stated 17 years ago 27 Oct 2009 NP Natalie Portman — holds since 2009-10-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: 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. — tap to centre the map on it Effective altruism's work on the farfuture is not a bait and switchhiding behind its work on globalhealth; both halves are worthdefending. Last stated 3 years ago 28 Nov 2023 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2023-11-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Factory farming of animals will be looked back on as a relic of a less-evolved age — tap to centre the map on it Factory farming of animals will belooked back on as a relic of aless-evolved age Last stated 17 years ago 27 Oct 2009 NP Natalie Portman — holds since 2009-10-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Farm animal welfare tends to improve when an animal's stress directly and measurably reduces farmers' economic productivity. — tap to centre the map on it Farm animal welfare tends to improvewhen an animal's stress directly andmeasurably reduces farmers' economicproductivity. Last stated 5 months ago 1 May 2026 EN Elizabeth Van Nostrand — holds since 2026-05-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: The documented torture of farmed animals is unacceptable, whether or not one thinks animals have personalities — tap to centre the map on it The documented torture of farmedanimals is unacceptable, whether ornot one thinks animals havepersonalities Last stated 17 years ago 27 Oct 2009 NP Natalie Portman — holds since 2009-10-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: The answer to feeding the world is better factories, not more fields. — tap to centre the map on it The answer to feeding the world isbetter factories, not more fields. Last stated 3 years ago 28 May 2023 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2023-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero — tap to centre the map on it A finite world can support only afinite population, so populationgrowth must eventually reach zero Last stated 58 years ago 13 Dec 1968 GH Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A primitive science of insect control has armed itself with modern weapons and turned them against the earth — tap to centre the map on it A primitive science of insectcontrol has armed itself with modernweapons and turned them against theearth RC Rachel Carson — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A romantic, low-yield farming system would need far more land and would produce more hunger, not less. — tap to centre the map on it A romantic, low-yield farming systemwould need far more land and wouldproduce more hunger, not less. Last stated 3 years ago 28 May 2023 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2023-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Beef and lamb are the most land-hungry and climate-damaging farm products there are. — tap to centre the map on it Beef and lamb are the mostland-hungry and climate-damagingfarm products there are. Last stated a year ago 12 May 2025 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Cheap clean energy has broken the old trade-off between raising living standards and cutting environmental harm. — tap to centre the map on it Cheap clean energy has broken theold trade-off between raising livingstandards and cutting environmentalharm. Last stated 10 months ago 9 Dec 2025 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2023-10-11 — tap for who they are HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Feeding humanity without wrecking the climate will take engineered food, and squeamishness about technology in food is the thing to get over. — tap to centre the map on it Feeding humanity without wreckingthe climate will take engineeredfood, and squeamishness abouttechnology in food is the thing toget over. Last stated 4 years ago 17 Jan 2023 MG Michael Grunwald — holds since 2023-01-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Other, more precious freedoms can be preserved only by giving up the freedom to breed, and soon — tap to centre the map on it Other, more precious freedoms can bepreserved only by giving up thefreedom to breed, and soon Last stated 58 years ago 13 Dec 1968 GH Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: The population problem cannot be solved in a technical way — tap to centre the map on it The population problem cannot besolved in a technical way Last stated 58 years ago 13 Dec 1968 GH Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. — tap to centre the map on it A mass death does not by itselfproduce a boom afterwards: expectinga pandemic to renew an economy onits own misreads what followed theBlack Death. Last stated 6 years ago 4 Jun 2020 AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The human cost of factory farming, to slaughterhouse workers and above all to the environment, is staggering Last stated 27 Oct 2009 · 17 years ago Holds Natalie Portman Read this korrent →