Best Speech You Will Ever Hear - Gary Yourofsky
What it is
Gary Yourofsky's 2010 lecture at Georgia Tech arguing for veganism on ethical, health and environmental grounds. It is a long, forceful animal-rights speech.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Some commenters credit it with persuading them to go vegan, while others dismiss parts of it as pseudoscience.
- 1 people recommended it
- 2 different months
- 1 strong recommendations
- first 2012, last 2016
What HN commenters said
“Best Speech You Will Ever Hear by Gary Yourofsky”
Persuaded the commenter to go vegan.
noondip, 2016-01 · Strong recommendation · in “Confessions of a Paleo Diet Pioneer”
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: veganism, animal rights, ethics, gary yourofsky, persuasion
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