Cross-posted to the EA Forum. Thanks to Ajeya Cotra and Jeff Kaufman for feedback on a draft of this post. Any remaining errors are my own. Last year, Peter Hurford wrote a post titled ‘EA risks falling into a “meta trap”. But we can avoid it.’ Ben Todd wrote a followup that clarified a fewRead more about Thoughts on the “Meta Trap”[…]

About a year and a half ago, I decided to stop consuming animal products, because of the intense suffering on factory farms. (Why focus on this problem among myriads of others? Jacy from Animal Charity Evaluators explains.) For the most part, I actually found being vegan easier than I thought it would be, though it still wasn’tRead more about Almost Vegan[…]