THE VIDEO SHELF · carnism
The Secret Reason We Eat Meat - Dr. Melanie Joy
Social psychologist Melanie Joy introduces the concept of carnism, the belief system that conditions people to eat some animals but not others.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN offers it as a short, light introduction to carnism and the language bias around eating animals.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Beyond Carnism
- Topic
- carnism
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2023
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From the original HN conversations
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Start here [1] and see this [2] for a light introduction. Then proceed with cognitive dissonance, implicit belief systems and cognitive biases [3]. Have fun! [1]: [LINK] [2]: [VIDEO] [3]: [LINK]
mockingbirdy on Hacker News · 2018-07
In A biologist who believes that trees speak a language we can learn to listen toYea, sure. Say we're talking about someone's leg. If we use words like "muscles" and "flesh" to refer to their leg, then that's different than using the words "steak" or "meat", because those last two words are used to legitimize eating the leg in question. …
hjek on Hacker News · 2021-04
In Word usage guidance and alternative terms
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