How The Internet Accelerates Social Change By Connecting Divergent Thinkers
Before, if I had a thought that was strange and unique and controversial, and you had the same thought that was strange and unique and controversial, it would be pretty…
The Limits of Language: Why Words Can Never Fully Capture Reality
All of reality simply is what it is—the words we use to describe reality are useful, but they are imperfect models of reality itself. We can predict the weather with…
Why Anything Matters: A Simple Framework for Understanding Meaning
Why does anything matter? My answer: individual well-being. And what is well-being? It’s whether your preferences are in line with your experiences or not, whether you feel good or bad,…
Using AI to Visualize a Vegan Future
AI tools are getting more powerful every month. With the basic ChatGPT plan, for example, you can now type in descriptions of images and have it output beautiful visualizations in…
Some Thoughts on My 32nd Birthday
Today is my 2^5th birthday. I'm hoping to make it to 2^6, but 2^7 is probably out of reach, unless medical technology advances quite a bit in the next few…
Your 20-Year Project
I think we need more people who are willing to devote 10–20 years of their lives to a single project that they believe has a huge potential for impact. Animals…
Counterfactuals—The Art and Science of Wondering “What If”
Article Summary To make better decisions, ask “how” you made past decisions (whether good or bad).The opportunity cost of a decision is the value you’re losing out on by not…
A Review of Vegan Business
Article Summary Business is a powerful force (indeed, one of the most powerful) in modern society. Our movement has a small (but growing!) set of organizations devoted to helping vegan…
Animals in the Far Future, and How to Help Them
Article Summary Around 74 billion land animals are killed by humans for food each year, and another 1 to 3 trillion fish are killed each year. In total, we could…
I Asked Activists What They Need—Part 1
I wanted to know what people in our movement need. So I asked them. This post is as simple as that. Specifically, I asked them to answer these three questions…