[Problem profile] “Factory farming” by Benjamin Hilton

Each year, 50 billion animals are raised and slaughtered in factory farms. Most experience extreme levels of suffering. Narrated by AI. ---Outline:(00:09) Summary(02:52) Introduction(03:42) How many animals are in farms?(06:03) How do we treat these animals?(07:16) How farmed chickens are treated(11:34) How farmed pigs are treated(13:13) How farmed cattle are treated(15:49) How farmed sheep and goats are treated(17:45) How farmed fish are treated(20:20) How farmed frogs and turtles are treated(21:13) How farmed shrimp and crustaceans are treated(22:00) How other farmed invertebrates (snails and insects) are treated(23:01) Images of farmed chickens(24:02) Images of farmed pigs(25:05) Images of farmed cattle(26:17) Images of farmed sheep and goats(27:08) Images of farmed fish(27:52) Images of farmed frogs and softshell turtles(28:45) Images of farmed snails and insects(29:07) To what extent do animals deserve our moral consideration?(30:16) Animal consciousness and pain(36:18) What makes something deserving of moral consideration?(38:59) Different moral approaches(45:21) How many animals count morally the same as one human?(45:34) Counting the number of individuals(46:24) Counting the number of neurons(47:40) Trying to estimate the probability of consciousness(48:09) Using welfare ranges(52:01) Bob Fischer(52:20) How might factory farming change in the future?(54:54) How will factory farming be affected by technological advances?(56:35) When might we develop really good alternatives to meat?(59:28) Would a competitive meat alternative end factory farming, and if so -- when?(01:01:54) How could AI affect factory farming?(01:04:51) What might happen to factory farming in the very long-run future?(01:08:24) There are promising ways of solving this problem(01:17:16) Work on factory farming is highly neglected(01:19:45) How can we compare the pressingness of factory farming to existential risks?(01:29:33) What are the major arguments against this problem being (especially) pressing?(01:31:45) What can you do to help?(01:34:15) Earning to give(01:35:16) Helping to run nonprofits(01:36:32) Seren Kell(01:37:07) Founding something new(01:38:21) Andrés Jiménez Zorrilla(01:38:50) Government and policy(01:39:33) Corporate campaigning and activism(01:40:10) Leah Garcés(01:40:40) Scientific and engineering research(01:43:14) Strategy research and grantmaking(01:44:25) Lewis Bollard(01:44:43) Find vacancies on our job board(01:45:17) Key organisations(01:53:50) Learn more(01:53:53) Top recommendations(01:54:21) Further recommendations(01:54:26) More resources(01:54:37) 80,000 Hours podcast episodes The original text contained 167 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: July 24th, 2024 Source: https://80000hours.org/problem-profiles/factory-farming --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.