THE VIDEO SHELF · meat and animal ethics
Why Meat is the Best Worst Thing in the World 🍔
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 HN readers recommended it
Cited in animal-welfare and environmental threads as a short, thought-provoking piece on how humans treat animals.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
- Topic
- meat and animal ethics
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2021
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Many sources would beg to differ about meat not being a problem. [VIDEO] (Sources: [LINK] ) So even if FAO got it wrong, I just don't see beef not being a problem.
iN7h33nD on Hacker News · 2018-10
In Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major report findsListen. You're right. There, I gave you validation. But you're not going to change anyone's mind. So what's the point? Remember, the primary purpose of HN is entertainment (intellectual gratification). Internalizing this helped me break the habit of making such arguments "just to be right." …
sillysaurusx on Hacker News · 2021-10
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