Sacred Cows
The most contested arguments in the ethics of food, taken one at a time. Welfare reform against abolition, the lab against persuasion, the insect farm as the next catastrophe, the vegan's real leverage, and the good life that ends on a plate. Each piece gives both sides their strongest case, weighs them on one measure, and lands on a verdict you can agree or disagree with. Spicy claims argued coldly, by someone who follows the numbers past the comfortable answer on every side.
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Going vegan barely helps animals
Quitting meat feels like the most direct thing one person can do for animals, since you stop paying for the harm yourself. Score it on animals spared per individual diet change, counterfactually, by tracing how your missing purchase moves through a lumpy supply chain, and the most personal lever turns out to be one of the weakest you have.