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What is never brought up in the lab grown meat discussion is the potential to mitigate human suffering. Working a fishing boat is hard. Working a poultry plant is hard and psychologically stressful. Lab grown meat could eliminate that for thousands of people.

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Lab grown meat could also eliminate jobs for thousands of people. Got any ideas how a 50-something fisherman is supposed to put those lab grown meals on his/her table once their job is gone?

No industry is safe from disruption. Governments need robust training programs and social safety nets for late career individuals in all industries in transition.

Retraining is hard and will become useless when more and more jobs are destroyed. UBI is an example of "For every problem there is a solution which is simple, clean and wrong". So what do we do?

I'm not impressed with academics who think all physical labor is torture.

NOT EVERYONE IS LIKE YOU OR WANT TO BE LIKE YOU!

Sorry for the shouting...

https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/features/W...

“The ILO is keenly aware that people in the fishing sector often face harsh or difficult working conditions: they may spend long periods at sea and are frequently exposed to unpredictable and dangerous conditions. In a number of countries, the fatality rates for persons in the fishing sector are many times greater than the national average, for example higher than those for fire-fighters or police. These rates may exceed 150 to 180 per 100,000 workers, rivalled only by such other hazardous occupations as forestry and coal mining.”

Much like cutting trees for a living, fishing - even of the net hauling and trap wrassling variety - can be very fulfilling and fun for a certain kind of person.

This wouldn't stop somebody from fishing for fun/sport, unless you're saying it's common that people use industrial fishing equipment for fun.

I'm saying some people actually really enjoy physical outdoor work over sitting behind a desk in an office all day.

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