“Ways I see the global health -> animal welfare shift backfiring” by Henry Howard🔸

There seems to be movement towards animal welfare interventions and away from global health interventions. Here are some ways I can see this going badly: 1. Resistance against being told what to do People hate being told what to do. Most of the top global health interventions aren't imposed (and probably shouldn't be, because that leads to backlash). People can refuse a mosquito net if they want, the cash incentives, the cataract surgery. A handful of paint manufacturers might feel slightly annoyed about have to change away from lead paint formulations but if the paint's the same price then people outside that handful won't care. Many of the animal welfare interventions are lobbying for new regulations on the way factory farming is done: regulating out chicken cages, regulating how fish and shrimp are farmed and slaughtered. These are impositions on the farmers and, when it increases prices, on consumers. [...] ---Outline:(00:19) 1. Resistance against being told what to do(01:27) 2. Too socially acceptable to dismiss(01:55) 3. More politicised = more resistance(02:31) 4. The weirdest stuff will put people off the moderate stuff(04:02) 5. The research may turn out to be futile or counterproductive(04:35) Cant define it, cant measure it(05:31) Approximations are too approximate(08:13) 6. More prone to slippery slope argument(09:18) 7. Poor optics of valuing animals over people(09:47) 8. Will be called culturally insensitive(10:44) 9. Outcomes will be harder to measure, we wont get feedback on progress--- First published: October 9th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/y5m6QfD9X2GciaWWi/ways-i-see-the-global-health-greater-than-animal-welfare --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.