Re:At Musk’s brain-chip startup, animal-testing panel is rif...
by haswell on Friday May 05, 2023 @05:50PM
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I don’t think either are a surprise. The state of factory farming has existed for a long time and has faded from public consciousness as a concern outside of the subset that still cares.
It’s popular to hate Musk for understandable reasons, and most people still recognize the utility of eating meat while questioning Musk’s plan to put chips in our brains.
The people who fixate on one aren’t necessarily the people who fixate on the other.
Another way to look at this is that NeuralLink is creating an opportunity to raise awareness about animal abuse. The “fixation” on one doesn’t come at the expense of the other, perhaps the opposite.
It’s popular to hate Musk for understandable reasons, and most people still recognize the utility of eating meat while questioning Musk’s plan to put chips in our brains.
The people who fixate on one aren’t necessarily the people who fixate on the other.
Another way to look at this is that NeuralLink is creating an opportunity to raise awareness about animal abuse. The “fixation” on one doesn’t come at the expense of the other, perhaps the opposite.