Michael Pollan

For at the same time many people seem eager to extend the circle of our moral consideration to animals, in our factory farms and laboratories we are inflicting more suffering on more animals than at any time in history.

Looking at the world from other species’ points of view is a cure for the disease of human self-importance.

He showed the words chocolate cake” to a group of Americans and recorded their word associations. Guilt” was the top response. If that strikes you as unexceptional, consider the response of French eaters to the same prompt: celebration.