{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"80,000 Hours Podcast","title":"#8 - Lewis Bollard on how to end factory farming in our lifetimes","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":11815,"description":"Every year tens of billions of animals are raised in terrible conditions in factory farms before being killed for human consumption. Over the last two years Lewis Bollard – Project Officer for Farm Animal Welfare at the Open Philanthropy Project – has conducted extensive research into the best ways to eliminate animal suffering in farms as soon as possible. This has resulted in $30 million in grants to farm animal advocacy.\n\nFull transcript, coaching application form, overview of the conversation, and extra resources to learn more:\n\nWe covered almost every approach being taken, which ones work, and how individuals can best contribute through their careers.\n\nWe also had time to venture into a wide range of issues that are less often discussed, including:\n\n* Why Lewis thinks insect farming would be worse than the status quo, and whether we should look for ‘humane’ insecticides;\n* How young people can set themselves up to contribute to scientific research into meat alternatives;\n* How genetic manipulation of chickens has caused them to suffer much more than their ancestors, but could also be used to make them better off;\n* Why Lewis is skeptical of vegan advocacy;\n* Why he doubts that much can be done to tackle factory farming through legal advocacy or electoral politics;\n* Which species of farm animals is best to focus on first;\n* Whether fish and crustaceans are conscious, and if so what can be done for them;\n* Many other issues listed below in the Overview of the discussion.\n\nGet free, one-on-one career advice\n\nWe’ve helped dozens of people compare between their options, get introductions, and jobs important for the the long-run future. If you want to work on any of the problems discussed in this episode, find out if our coaching can help you.\n\nOverview of the discussion\n\n**2m40s** What originally drew you to dedicate your career to helping animals and why did Open Philanthropy end up focusing on it?\n**5m40s** Do you have any concrete way of assessing the...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/VO1STE7hN95RRg9QdLo4soV2VhhbR9PF5ZZlRhDYcwE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQxNDAyLzE2ODM1/NDQ1NDAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}