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What is never brought up in the lab grown meat discussion is the potential to mitigate human suffering. Working a fishing boat is hard. Working a poultry plant
by intopieces 7y ago
What is never brought up in the lab grown meat discussion is the potential to mitigate human suffering. Working a fishing boat is hard. Working a poultry plant is hard and psychologically stressful. Lab grown meat could eliminate that for thousands of people.
- GiorgioG 7y agoLab grown meat could also eliminate jobs for thousands of people. Got any ideas how a 50-something fisherman is supposed to put those lab grown meals on his/her table once their job is gone?
- intopieces 7y agoNo industry is safe from disruption. Governments need robust training programs and social safety nets for late career individuals in all industries in transition.
- dqybh 7y agoRetraining is hard and will become useless when more and more jobs are destroyed. UBI is an example of "For every problem there is a solution which is simple, clean and wrong". So what do we do?
- BurningFrog 7y agoI'm not impressed with academics who think all physical labor is torture. NOT EVERYONE IS LIKE YOU OR WANT TO BE LIKE YOU! Sorry for the shouting...
- intopieces 7y agohttps://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/features/WCMS_075579/lang--en/index.htm https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/features/W... “The ILO is keenly aware that people in the fishing sector often face harsh or difficult working conditions: they may spend long periods at sea and are frequently exposed to unpredictable and dangerous conditions. In a number of countries, the fatality rates for persons in the fishing sector are many times greater than the national average, for example higher than those for fire-fighters or police. These rates may exceed 150 to 180 per 100,000 workers, rivalled only by such other hazardous occupations as forestry and coal mining.”
- thrower123 7y agoMuch like cutting trees for a living, fishing - even of the net hauling and trap wrassling variety - can be very fulfilling and fun for a certain kind of person.
- Can_Not 7y agoThis wouldn't stop somebody from fishing for fun/sport, unless you're saying it's common that people use industrial fishing equipment for fun.
- BurningFrog 7y agoI'm saying some people actually really enjoy physical outdoor work over sitting behind a desk in an office all day.