Re:Prominent Scientists Sign Declaration that Animals have C...
by edanm on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @09:58AM
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'If I had to wager money on what future societies would condemn us for, I'd bet a lot on our treatment of animals.'
This. Times a thousand.
Paul Graham's article "Frighteningly Ambitious Startup Ideas" has this quote, which I love:
"One of my tricks for generating startup ideas is to imagine the ways in which we'll seem backward to future generations. And I'm pretty sure that to people 50 or 100 years in the future, it will seem barbaric that people in our era waited till they had symptoms to be diagnosed with conditions like heart disease and cancer."
When I look to the future and imagine what will seem backwards, two of the big things in my mind are what PG mentions and what you mention.
This. Times a thousand.
Paul Graham's article "Frighteningly Ambitious Startup Ideas" has this quote, which I love:
"One of my tricks for generating startup ideas is to imagine the ways in which we'll seem backward to future generations. And I'm pretty sure that to people 50 or 100 years in the future, it will seem barbaric that people in our era waited till they had symptoms to be diagnosed with conditions like heart disease and cancer."
When I look to the future and imagine what will seem backwards, two of the big things in my mind are what PG mentions and what you mention.