“Rebutting Every Objection To Giving To The Shrimp Welfare Project” by Omnizoid

I recently wrote an article making the case for giving to shrimp welfare. Lots of people were convinced to give (enough to help around half a billion shrimp avoid a painful death), but because the idea sounds silly, many people on Twitter, hacker news, and various other places made fun of it, usually with very lame objections, mostly just pointing and sputtering. Here, I’ll explain why all the objections are wrong. (Note: if any of the people making fun of shrimp welfare want to have a debate about it, shoot me a dm.) Before I get to this, let me clarify: this is not satire. While shrimp welfare sounds weird, there's nothing implausible about the notion that spending a dollar making sure that tens of thousands of conscious beings don’t experience a slow and agonizing death is good. If shrimp looked cute and cuddly, like puppies, no one [...] The original text contained 2 images which were described by AI. --- First published: November 22nd, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/6bpQTtzfZTmLaJADJ/rebutting-every-objection-to-giving-to-the-shrimp-welfare --- 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.