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The Bitter Lesson of Animal Welfare

1 week ago | blog.simpleheart.org | Wayne Hsiung

What if our efforts to improve animal welfare have backfired? That is the question posed by the latest open rescue by Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) at a Certified Humane supplier of goat milk to Whole Foods, Vera Dairy in Stratford, California. The rescue, which found dead baby goats illegally piled up by the dozens at the farm, revealed disturbing gaps in accountability to the industry’s own welfare standards.
The Bitter Lesson of Organizational Intelligence

3 weeks ago | blog.simpleheart.org | Wayne Hsiung

I spoke to Kirsty Henderson today, the President of Anima International in Europe. And I was struck by the general nature of her organization’s mission. They do not have any particular campaign or strategy. Rather, they focus on building a strong culture, grounded in radical candor, and a general organizational infrastructure that allows talent and intelligence to adapt to new circumstances. This reminded me of something called The Bitter Lesson.
Talent Density

3 weeks ago | blog.simpleheart.org | Wayne Hsiung

There was too much that came up today at AVA to provide a reasonable summary. But one conversation after my friendly debate with Lewis has really stuck with me. I was speaking to an entrepreneur after the talk about the problems caused by high conflict people. But high conflict personalities are just one part of a broader problem: How does one build talent density in a grassroots movement?
The Big Questions at the AVA Summit

3 weeks ago | blog.simpleheart.org | Wayne Hsiung

I just arrived at the Animals and Vegan Advocacy Summit in LA, and I thought I’d share some of the key issues facing the animal rights movement right now. I’m hoping we can try to brainstorm and find solutions to these challenges at the summit. The Future of Alternative Meats. There has been a cataclysmic decline in sales for most alt-meat products. Beyond Meat is on the brink of collapse, with its products being pulled from stores across the nation. And Impossible isn’t doing much better.
I Was Wrong to Condemn Cage-Free Eggs

3 weeks ago | blog.simpleheart.org | Wayne Hsiung

In 2016, I walked into a cage-free egg farm and accomplished what was, at the time, my greatest success as an activist. I was leading an investigative team with Direct Action Everywhere (DxE), and we documented tens of thousands of birds crammed in industrial sheds, covered in feces, and (in some cases) literally being eaten alive.
The Dark Truth that Trump Just Told

1 month ago | blog.simpleheart.org | Wayne Hsiung

Donald Trump made headlines today when he seemed to indicate in an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press that he would not be inclined to “uphold the Constitution” and give all persons, including non-citizens, due process as required by the Fifth Amendment. This made front page headlines across the nation, and commentators explained they were shocked by his audacity.
A Massive Victory for Lab Animals

1 month ago | blog.simpleheart.org | Wayne Hsiung

Yesterday, the NIH issued a statement that could be the beginning of the end for the use of animals in experiments: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is adopting a new initiative to expand innovative, human-based science while reducing animal use in research.
Civilization Is Shutting Down

1 month ago | blog.simpleheart.org | Wayne Hsiung

Yesterday, Spain and Portugal had what was possibly the largest blackout in the history of the Western world. Millions of people were stranded, trapped in underground trains or traffic jams, and while the body count has not yet come in, large numbers almost certainly died. This comes despite many decades of efforts to make power grids more robust. One day later, there’s no still no explanation as to what happened, and official accounts have cited atmospheric phenomena that apparently do not exist.
The Anti-Trump Backlash

1 month ago | blog.simpleheart.org | Wayne Hsiung

Last year, I made an unpopular prediction: Donald Trump would win the Presidential election. Despite record fund-raising totals and a seeming social media wave for Kamala Harris, it seemed to me that the best indicators of the election – polling data and prediction markets – suggested a Trump victory was likely. Progressives were angry at me for this prediction, but that prediction proved correct. But I made another prediction that was even more important.
Friendship Has Never Been More Dangerous. It's Also Never Been More Important.

1 month ago | blog.simpleheart.org | Wayne Hsiung

COVID-19 is over. But we are still suffering through a pandemic — but of mental rather than physical illness. The most obvious illustration of this is the . A civilization that drives its citizens to end their own lives is not one that is functioning. What has been mostly ignored in this discussion, however, is the impact of mental health issues on other people — not just the person who’s suffering illness. It’s that hurt people hurt people.