Is #Humanism really the future?
Interesting talk about the likely future of religious / spiritual / supernatural belief vs. Humanism / atheism as rough stand-ins for naturalistic epistemology. It's focused mostly on Eur/NA and the UK - but there are some comments on the global picture too.
Yes I've left a comment pointing out that Humanism won't be "the future" unless it drops #anthropocentrism. This talk - as with nearly all Humanist content - doesn't mention non-human sentients.
https://youtu.be/FfI7VgkDFMg

"I document their lives so we can see and remember that they are individuals"

Legendary photojournalist 📸 Jo-Anne McArthur of @WeAnimals Media joins me for #Sentientism episode 162 on YouTube and podcast. Please share & enjoy 💚!

https://youtu.be/8NKc84eKF0Q

Many deride the "S-risks" (suffering risks) topic as spurious sci-fi. That's until they realise we've already brought some S-risks into reality. Great video: https://youtu.be/tPiq4njipdk

We expect animal rights publications to cover animal rights... But maybe it's an even more powerful sign of positive change when "human rights" publications start publishing more about non-human animal rights? Good to see OpenGlobalRights with their new "Justice for Animals" Up Close series:

www.openglobalrights.org/up-close/justice-for-animals/#up-close

And going back a while of course #sentientrights: https://www.openglobalrights.org/from-human-rights-to-sentient-rights-the-next-generation-of-rights-thinking/

Some worry that #Sentientism's #sentiocentric moral scope is "picking a characteristic as moral qualifier". We know how badly that can go wrong.

Does this angle help?: Our morality should consider the perspectives of all others who value their own perspectives.

We might use a similar approach when considering rights? Instead of asking "who has rights?" we could recognise every entity has rights. Of course, each entity should have rights that align with their interests. (And yes - very many entities don't have interests at all).

Latest episode is a bit different - me being interviewed about Sentientism for Josh Milburn's Knowing Animals podcast (ignore this if you already subscribe to that - which you should!) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/164-talking-about-sentientism-on-knowing-animals-with/id1540408008?i=1000624529699

I've been lucky to have some fascinating conversations for @Sentientism about how religious worldviews relate to the #dairy / beef / leather industries in #India. This is a fascinating watch - available in Hindi & English: "Maa Ka Doodh" or "Mother's Milk" https://youtu.be/q5Y5sMz3RHU

A new publication on Medium about #Sentientism https://medium.com/sentientism
by Hein de Haan 🤩. 3 pieces already published starting with this one: "What is Sentientism?" https://medium.com/sentientism/what-is-sentientism-439698e98903

One day soon all pro-science, curious, rational, #skeptic & #Humanist platforms and thinkers will drop their #anthropocentrism & adopt #sentientism's "evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings".
Thanks to The Desi Science Page for leading the way! 🤩
https://www.desiscience.page/sentientism-veganism

"An Aligned AGI would end factory farming" - Charity Co-Founder Kat Woods joins me for #Sentientism Ep:166 on YouTube and Podcast. Let us know what you think. https://youtu.be/JOMmbS69wak

Quotes from our latest two ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ podcast reviews (thank you! 💚). Why not add your own wherever you listen?
"This is an essential podcast for our time offering a glimpse into the near future and an end to the catastrophic cruelty of human violence."
"Really enjoying this combination of philosophy, ethics, and what it means to be sentient. Recommend to all animal lovers, activists, and philosophers everywhere."
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sentientism

What kind of relationships do we want with AI & other sentient beings?
Novelist (read "The Strength of the Illusion" - out today!) and #AI researcher Jared Moore (@jaredlcm) joins me for #Sentientism Ep:167.
Full ep: https://youtu.be/LxXwZIDwwdA and on the #Sentientism podcast.

Here's a new #Sentientist content creator for you to support! I had the honour of being Dr. Sapna Ramnani's first guest for her new "Share It With Me" video podcast. Go subscribe! I shared #sentientism of course: https://youtu.be/KGuDrwk7edA

For those interested in potential AI sentience. And yes, non-human animals get more than a mention too: https://youtu.be/-YC-ZhdcVck. If we care at all about potentially sentient AIs of course we must care deeply about animals we know are sentient - and that already exist.

Such a pleasure to talk to Princeton University psychologist Tania Lombrozo 🤩 for #Sentientism Episode 168 on YouTube and Podcast.
"Our beliefs are playing all sorts of roles... social, moral, epistemic…" If we can express our values & identities in other ways could that free our beliefs to focus on the facts?
https://youtu.be/KkKUdT7Uu7s

Open Global Rights is doing great work to take rights and justice beyond the human - often focusing on sentient beings 💚
Two powerful examples here from Colombian Senator Andrea Padilla and previous Sentientism podcast guest (ep:26) Jeff Sebo.
We can sometimes feel like we're preaching to the choir. But this is a very "human rights" audience - now engaging with radical sentiocentric ideas.
https://www.openglobalrights.org/moving-forward-pragmatism-raising-ideal/
https://www.openglobalrights.org/radical-implications-justice-for-animals/

Pressure is growing on the United Nations to take sentient non-human animals seriously in the #SDGs. Whether adding an #SDG18 or upgrading them all to #SentientistDevelopmentGoals - something radical is needed.

Beyond Cruelty's SDG18 campaign: https://sdg18.org/
"Transforming our World" by Andrea Schapper and Sentientism guest (ep:63) Cebuan Bliss: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00471178231193299
Sentientist Development Goals: https://sentientism.info/.../sentientist-development-goals