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Why Meat is the Best Worst Thing in the World 🍔

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Environment, agriculture & food systemsNutrition & diet sciencePhilosophy & ethics

What it is

A Kurzgesagt animated explainer on meat: why people love it and what it costs animals, the environment and health. It lays out the complicated trade-offs of meat production and consumption.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited in animal-welfare and environmental threads as a short, thought-provoking piece on how humans treat animals.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “Many sources would beg to differ about meat not being a problem.”

    Argues meat, especially beef, has serious environmental costs.

    iN7h33nD, 2018-10 · Recommendation · in “Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major report finds”

  2. “I think linking to is probably your best bet at even getting people to stop and think about the question at all.”

    Eloquent video on animal suffering likely to make people think.

    sillysaurusx, 2021-10 · Recommendation · in “Female African elephants are evolving without tusks due to ivory poaching”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: meat, animal welfare, environment, veganism, factory farming

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