Cultivated Meat and ‘Technological Solutionism’

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There’s a criticism which I see with some frequency in the animal-rights movement which argues those who view cultivated meat as means of reducing nonhuman suffering and premature death are engaged in technological solutionism. I’m sympathetic with the criticism to a certain extent, in that I don’t believe cultivated meat will end animal agriculture on its own. Still, I think accelerating the development of cellular agriculture has the potential to...