I understand that the current pope is Pope Francis, but I know much much more about the worldviews of folks like Joe Carlsmith or Holden Karnofsky, compared to the pope.
That makes sense, thanks. I would say that compared to Catholicism, in EA you have much less reason to care about the movement leaders, as them having authority to rule over EA is not part of its beliefs.
I don’t literally think that every EA should book plane tickets to Africa, or break into a factory farm, or whatnot. (though: I would love to see some folks try this!)
For what it’s worth, I’ve talked with several people I’ve met through EA who regularly “break” into factory farms[1] or who regularly work in developing countries.
It’s definitely possible that it should be more, but I would claim that the percentage of people doing this is much higher than baseline among people who know about EA, and I think it can have downsides for the reasons mentioned in ‘Against Empathy.’
They claim that they enter them without any breaking, I can’t verify that claim, but I can verify that they have videos of themselves inside factory farms.
That makes sense, thanks. I would say that compared to Catholicism, in EA you have much less reason to care about the movement leaders, as them having authority to rule over EA is not part of its beliefs.
For what it’s worth, I’ve talked with several people I’ve met through EA who regularly “break” into factory farms[1] or who regularly work in developing countries.
It’s definitely possible that it should be more, but I would claim that the percentage of people doing this is much higher than baseline among people who know about EA, and I think it can have downsides for the reasons mentioned in ‘Against Empathy.’
They claim that they enter them without any breaking, I can’t verify that claim, but I can verify that they have videos of themselves inside factory farms.