I also tried and failed to find a good source to support his claim of screwworm prevalence (and would love further research).
Thanks so much for your insight!
I learned a lot although I wish i would have been more clear and asked about the tractability of alternative proteins to price parity (instead of just the tractability of "promoting" them). Because:
I'd love to be corrected if I'm wrong (although I'm sure you're very busy) and also wanted to say thanks again.
Do you think that promoting alternative proteins is (by far) the most tractable way to make conventional animal agriculture obsolete?
Do you think increasing public funding and support for alternative proteins is the most pressing challenge facing the industry?
Do you think there is expert consensus on these questions?
I liked your comment a lot, but I'm pretty sure you misunderstood a big part of the argument because there's a pretty big typo in this post.
In the original recording(4:07) Fredrich argues that advancing alternative proteins should be a significant part of longtermist thinking, but not that they're "one of the best ways at making the long-term future go well" or even "on par with AI risk or bioengineered pandemics".
But this transcript makes it seem like he is saying the opposite in the intro:
"They [alternative proteins] should be the priority..."
I think you still bring up a lot of good points though.
Thanks for the recommendations!