The Misapplication of the EA Mindset to Animals

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"I just don't think the world is that straightforward, but maybe I'll be wrong," he says. "The animal movement, we need to have a little bit more of an exploratory mindset." He adds: "We need to keep doing the things that are working for sure, but not at the expense of trying out other stuff"

David Coman-Hidy is former President of The Humane League, one of the largest farm animal advocacy organisations in the world. He now works as a Partner at Sharpen Strategy working to coach animal advocacy organisations.

In this episode, we discuss the age-old debate facing animal advocates: Should we pursue incremental approaches to improve welfare or should we only advocate for the total abolition of animal exploitation. Additionally, David also shares some approaches he would like to see more of within the animal advocacy movement, as well as what we could learn from other social movements.

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