Jeff Sebo
@jeffsebo.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Director of the Center for Environmental and Animal Protection, Director of the Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy, and Co-Director of the Wild Animal Welfare Program, New York University. jeffsebo.net
4/ Each dollar donated will, in expectation, spare 1,500 individual shrimps per year from a slow and painful death by asphyxiation. All donations using the code 'shrimpact_debate' will be matched by 50% until the end of Giving Tuesday (December 2).
Please consider donating, and please share!
Please consider donating, and please share!
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
4/ Each dollar donated will, in expectation, spare 1,500 individual shrimps per year from a slow and painful death by asphyxiation. All donations using the code 'shrimpact_debate' will be matched by 50% until the end of Giving Tuesday (December 2).
Please consider donating, and please share!
Please consider donating, and please share!
3/ If you found my argument persuasive (or if you support the motion on other grounds), then you can participate in International Shrimpact Day™ by donating to the Shrimp Welfare Project via the FarmKind campaign here:
www.farmkind.giving/internationa...
www.farmkind.giving/internationa...
International Shrimpact Day 2025 - FarmKind
www.farmkind.giving
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
3/ If you found my argument persuasive (or if you support the motion on other grounds), then you can participate in International Shrimpact Day™ by donating to the Shrimp Welfare Project via the FarmKind campaign here:
www.farmkind.giving/internationa...
www.farmkind.giving/internationa...
2/ I argued that since we kill hundreds of billions of captive shrimps and tens of trillions of wild shrimps each year, we should allocate time and money toward researching and improving shrimp welfare in a precautionary spirit.
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
2/ I argued that since we kill hundreds of billions of captive shrimps and tens of trillions of wild shrimps each year, we should allocate time and money toward researching and improving shrimp welfare in a precautionary spirit.
Yes, this is an important factor. As we note in the essay, risk assessments need to consider both probability and magnitude of harm. That means considering the probability that an ant can suffer *and* how much they can suffer, if at all. We focus more on probability here only for space reasons.
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Yes, this is an important factor. As we note in the essay, risk assessments need to consider both probability and magnitude of harm. That means considering the probability that an ant can suffer *and* how much they can suffer, if at all. We focus more on probability here only for space reasons.
