tripu @tripu@qoto.org
Technologist, Spaniard, male, 42
Joined May 2020
A #dog #bakery in #Madrid today.
I have said with pride that I can’t be offended, that I’m immune to that.
I’m still not offended by the existence of “dog bakeries” — but it gets close to that.
I don’t blame specifically the shop owners (who detected a market need) or the clients (who are vulnerable to whims, curiosity and overindulgence, like anyone who cares for another creature). I blame us all, collectively, for creating a society and a moral code that enables this and doesn’t give a second thought to the logic (or lack thereof) behind this.
Our priorities are so skewed. Our allocation of resources, empathy and attention is zero-sum. We neglect unthinkable quantities of suffering afflicting billions of sentient beings every day but pay for a spoiled caniche to eat a cute cupcake.
Yesterday I donated 10% of my gross earnings of last year (job 1 + job 2 + stock dividends) to #AyudaEfectiva (that’s the #EffectiveAltruism -aligned #charity in my home country of 🇪🇸 #Spain).
As always, I’m very happy to do that. I feel it’s “the least I can do”.
“At the same time as events such as those currently occurring in #Turkey and #Syria, other ‘silent’ catastrophes are taking place worldwide. […] They have always been there. […] One of these silent #catastrophes is the young children dying daily from preventable diseases. More than 1,300 children die every day from #malaria alone, which can be prevented by providing simple interventions like mosquito nets. These deaths are like an #earthquake occurring every day. And because this suffering goes largely unnoticed by the world, donations in fields like this are low — even though the life of a child can be saved here with just a few thousand dollars, and many more children can be saved from pain and suffering.”
https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/blog/turkey-syria-earthquake-donation-advice
Technologist, Spaniard, male, 42
Joined May 2020
