army1987 comments on Why Eat Less Meat? - LessWrong

48 Post author: peter_hurford 23 July 2013 09:30PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 27 July 2013 09:46:14AM 0 points [-]

many people would voluntarily accept harm to have more ... economic efficiency

That's usually the result of confusion.

Comment author: Vaniver 27 July 2013 02:26:00PM 2 points [-]

That's usually the result of confusion.

That story strikes me as accepting harm to have more economic activity. I was thinking more of trading off physical or emotional health for wealth-generating abilities or opportunities, or institutions which don't invest in care and thus come off as soulless.