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+slug: better
+title: Being better
+subtitle: My epistemic breakthrough to better living
+date: 2024-12-19
+---
+
+A year and a half ago, I decided to go completely vegan. Actually,
+scratch that -- completely *plant-based*. I only went vegan about a year
+ago[^1]. It took six months for the reasoning to actually *click*. It's
+kind of like an optical illusion: you know it's an illusion because it
+says so, but it still takes you a while to actually *see* it.
+
+[^1]: I use the term "vegan" to describe ethical vegans.
+
+![optical illusion](https://cdn.icyphox.sh/illusion.jpg){300x300}
+
+When it did click, I couldn't unsee it; I couldn't unthink it. Total
+paradigm shift. *Why* contribute to suffering when we -- those with
+privilege, living in modern society -- can completely do without it? Of
+course, most people have yet to even look at this particular optical
+illusion, let alone experience the [illusory
+unravelment](https://gappa.atharvaraykar.com/atharva/vocal-fry-and-illusory-unravelments)
+that follows.
+
+Vegans, and to some extent, vegetarians reading this, may already know
+what I'm talking about. I'm choosing to describe the moment this
+epiphany occurred, as when I started "being better". To be clear, this
+isn't in a "better than you" sense, but rather, a more holistic
+betterness -- for myself, other beings, and the planet as a whole.
+
+This has by far been the best decision I've made for myself -- one that
+has not only improved both my mental and physical health but also opened
+up my mind to entirely new epistemic frameworks like effective altruism,
+transforming how I reason about moral responsibility. I have learned to
+*think* more deeply.
+
+There's a lot more I can say, but I've found the most powerful lever was
+moral consistency. Most of us already live by a shared set of moral
+principles: we condemn abuse and believe causing unnecessary suffering
+is wrong. Moral consistency is simply about extending that compassion
+beyond pets and charismatic wildlife to all sentient beings. The values
+are already there; we just need to align our actions with them.

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