In recent podcasts, both Sam Harris and Paul Bloom as well as Tim Ferriss and Ezra Klein come to the conclusion that factory farming is one of today’s societal ills that will be looked upon in disgust by the humans of the future [11, 12].  It’s hard to imagine otherwise as it would be an extremely difficult claim to support saying that the animals commonly used in factory farming (chicken, cows, pigs, etc) are not sentient creatures with their own consciousness, emotions, and ability to feel pain.  As such, the justification for the cruelty and suffering endured on their part for human consumption is limited given the amount of available alternatives in some of today’s societies. At least in America, the realities of factory farming remain out of sight and out of mind as we are so far removed from the process when we pick up a chunk of meat wrapped in plastic at the grocery store. And the political will for this to remain can be seen through the passing of 'Ag-gag' laws that literally prosecute those who wish to reveal the realities of factory farming through images or videos [13]. Eating meat is not wrong but the mental gymnastics that most people perform to rationalize their everyday choices become less and less reasonable as new technologies and alternatives emerge.