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Jacy Reese Anthis
Reese speaking at the University of Oslo in 2018
Born	(1992-12-16) December 16, 1992 (age 32) Huntsville, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Texas at Austin
Partner	Kelly Witwicki

Jacy Reese Anthis (/ˈdʒeɪsiː ˈriːs/); born December 16, 1992) is a writer, social scientist, and co-founder of Sentience Institute. He previously worked as a Senior Fellow at Sentience Politics, and before that at Animal Charity Evaluators as chair of the board of directors and then as a full-time researcher.

His research focuses on effective altruism, anti-speciesism, and plant-based and cellular agriculture. Reese was recognized as one of Vice’s “Humans of the Year” in December 2017 along with his co-founder Kelly Witwicki. His book, The End of Animal Farming, argues that animal farming will end by 2100.

Career

Before he graduated from college, Reese worked on the Animal Charity Evaluators Board of Directors and then joined as a full-time researcher after graduation. Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE, formerly called Effective Animal Activism) is an organization within the effective altruism movement that evaluates and compares various animal charities based on their cost-effectiveness and transparency, particularly those that are tackling factory farming. While at ACE, Reese published an article that addressed the issue of wild animal suffering, arguing that humans should act on behalf of wild animals to alleviate their suffering if it can be done safely and effectively. His 2015 Vox article on the topic was criticized by writers who argued that humanity should not intervene or that it should instead focus on helping domestic animals.

After a year and a half at Animal Charity Evaluators, Reese briefly worked with Sentience Politics, a project of the Effective Altruism Foundation. Sentience Politics then split into two organizations, one of which was Sentience Institute, co-founded by Reese and his future-fiancée Kelly Witwicki in June 2017. Sentience Institute is an effective altruism think tank working to understand and facilitate the expansion of humanity's "moral circle" to all sentient beings. They have published research reports including a study of the British antislavery movement, a study of the French nuclear power movement, a study of genetically modified food, and a poll of American attitudes towards “animal farming and animal-free food.” The poll was done in collaboration with Ipsos Group and found that 47% of Americans support “a ban on slaughterhouses.”

In The End of Animal Farming, Reese "outlines an evidence-based roadmap to a humane, ethical, efficient food system where slaughterhouses are obsolete". Reese wrote this book from the perspective of effective altruism because there is already much content explaining the problems of animal agriculture, but he perceived a need for a book to guide the "farmed animal movement" towards its long-term goal. Near the end of the book, Reese concludes that, “if I had to speculate, I would say by 2100 all forms of farming will seem outdated and barbaric.”

Publications

Books

• Reese, Jacy; The End of Animal Farming (Beacon Press, 2018)

Articles

• Reese, Jacy (16 November 2018). "There's no such thing as humane meat or eggs. Stop kidding yourself". The Guardian.
• Reese, Jacy (6 November 2018). "'Clean Meat,' the Future of Vegetarianism". National Review.
• Smith, Allison; Reese, Jacy (24 March 2016). "An empirical perspective on animal advocacy". Animal Sentience. 1 (7): 12.
• Reese, Jacy (13 February 2016). "The moral demand for cultured meat". Salon.
• Reese, Jacy (14 December 2015). "Wild animals endure illness, injury, and starvation. We should help". Vox.

References

1. "Jacy Reese Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved January 13, 2020.
2. "Animals and the Far Future". Youtube. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
3. ^ Gault, Matthew (28 December 2017). "This Think Tank Wants to End Factory Farming". Vice Motherboard.
4. ^ Lahey, Kevin; Le Roi, Ben (12 December 2017). "Livegan" (Podcast). Event occurs at 1:20. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
5. Daniel Engber, "Save the Chicken", Slate, August 18, 2016.
6. Reese, Jacy (14 December 2015). "Wild animals endure illness, injury, and starvation. We should help". Vox.
7. Gunther, Kristen (15 December 2015). "Nature is Violent". Motherboard.
8. Matthews, Susan (16 December 2015). "Nature Can't Exist Without Suffering—And We Can't Change That". Audubon.
9. McGrath, Lauren-Elizabeth (16 December 2015). "Vox Fails to Mention 56 Billion Lives in Piece on Animal Suffering". Ecorazzi.
10. Witwicki, Kelly; Reese, Jacy. "Introducing Sentience Institute". Sentience Institute. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
11. "Research". Sentience Institute. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
12. Gault, Matthew (16 November 2018). "Jacy Reese Thinks Technology and Ethics Will See the 'End of Animal Farming'". Vice Motherboard.
13. Chiorando, Maria (20 November 2017). "Poll Shows 47% Of Americans 'Agree With Ban On Slaughterhouses'". Plant Based News.
14. Starostinetskaya, Anna (21 November 2017). "Nearly Half of Americans Want to Ban Slaughterhouses". VegNews.
15. Neff, Michelle (21 November 2017). "New Poll Reveals Nearly 50% of Americans Want to Ban Slaughterhouses and Would Prefer Animal-Free Meat". One Green Planet.
16. Ettinger, Jill (21 November 2017). "70% of Americans Want Better Treatment for Farm Animals, Poll Finds". Organic Authority.
17. Spector, Nicole (1 March 2017). "Fowl play? Subway denies its chicken is only 50% real". NBC News.
18. ^ "Dealmaker: Beacon Press (Imprint)". Publishers Marketplace. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
19. ^ Piper, Kelsey (15 November 2018). "We could end factory farming this century". Vox.
20. "The End of Animal Farming". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
21. Robinson, Nathan (12 November 2018). "Can we end animal farming forever?". Current Affairs.
22. "Jacy Reese". Retrieved 29 December 2017.

• Living people
• American food writers
• American science writers
• Animal rights scholars
• Diet food advocates
• Veganism
• 1992 births
• People from Huntsville, Texas