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Farmed fish is terrible in terms of animal welfare and pretty bad in terms of CO₂, so best avoid that. Beef is terrible in terms of CO₂, but comparatively good in terms of animal suffering (the word "comparative" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there). So if you don't care about animals but do care about CO₂, beef is the most important one to avoid. For those who only care about animals, farmed fish and chickens are the most important to avoid.
Which Meat to Eat: CO₂ vs Animal Suffering
B Jacobs
We can summarize the difference between the micro- and macroeconomic impacts of AI in this way: Companies have the choice of maintaining their current cognition inputs and use AIs to lower costs (I believe this is a trap — you’re just making time until the next category-redefining high-cognition competitor to wipe you out — but I understand the temptation) or of seeking competitive advantages through (unprecedentedly) high-cognition goods and services.
AI and the Macroeconomics of Brains
marcelo.rinesi
But the [hyperobject](https://substack.com/redirect/5f4bf7ff-06aa-4a51-b200-4e45aa670727?j=eyJ1IjoiMXlmdTFqIn0.qYv5NVQwodvs9yAW1b9IqXxz-UTiPAUp4JXaRMXUArU) that is climate change requires the very kind of deliberative and slow thinking that my (perceptive, nearly-graduated) engineering students require and deserve. The kind of thinking-in-writing they don’t seem to know is out there—a fact that is equally alarming—but that they really are hungry for.
Resources for Climate Nihilism
Sara Hendren from undefended / undefeated
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