What Yuval Noah Harari thinks about animal welfare
Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976; author of Sapiens, Homo Deus, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century and Nexus; lecturer in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; co-founder of Sapienship in 2019.
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3 dated positions, 2015 to c. 2015–2017, in their own words. Our reading of what Yuval Noah Harari has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsIndustrial farming sanctifies human needs, whims and wishes, while disregarding everything else.
↗Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Vintage, 2017 edition; first published in English by Harvill Secker, 2016; Hebrew 2015)books.google.com All 30 from this book
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Their wordsAnimals are the main victims of history, and the treatment of domesticated animals in industrial farms is perhaps the worst crime in history.
↗Industrial farming is one of the worst crimes in history (The Guardian)theguardian.com 1st of 7 in this piece
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Their wordsIn consequence, domesticated animals are collectively the most successful animals in the world, and at the same time they are individually the most miserable animals that have ever existed.
↗Industrial farming is one of the worst crimes in history (The Guardian)theguardian.com 4th of 7 in this piece