If we were to one day encounter a form of life more powerful and intel…

Jonathan Safran Foer
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If we were to one day encounter a form of life more powerful and intelligent than our own, and it regarded us as we regard fish, what would be our argument against being eaten? ✨ Eating Animals. Book by Jonathan Safran Foer, October 31, 2009.
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