Charlie Stross on Nostr: "My eleven-year-old daughter has cancer, and while I love her very much, I am ...
"My eleven-year-old daughter has cancer, and while I love her very much, I am struggling to justify the expense of her chemotherapy when the same money could be used to improve the welfare of tens of millions of farmed shrimp. This is an uncomfortable conclusion, and I want to emphasize that I did not arrive at it lightly …"
A masterpiece of longtermist rightthink! You read. Doubleplusgood rationalism!
Link Post: "My Daughter's Chemo Has a Worse Cost-Effectiveness Ratio Than Shrimp Welfare" https://morewrong.lol/?post=my-daughters-chemo-has-a-worse-cost-effectiveness-ratio-than-shrimp-welfare
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