Is buying products with seals and policies that align with things I value a form of comfort and laziness? I mean, I’m buying products that claim to value things I respect and that are validated by autonomous entities that inspect and grant the seal, yet I have to trust that the whole relationship between them isn’t a staged circus. For example, here in my area we have the eggs “Happy Eggs - Free Chickens” (not exactly free). They claim two farms keep the hens free to behave naturally with adequate space and that the feed consists only of corn with added calcium necessary for the animals’ health; their certifications state they meet the criteria they claim to, and that reassures concerned consumers who fear buying from brands that treat animals in ways they don’t want. The ideal scenario would be to find a local producer who raises hens freely, buy from them while saying that’s the reason, and better yet, pay with sats. The thing is, living in a big city makes that difficult. Buying from large producers who follow these criteria is a step toward awareness and breaking the consumption pattern of choosing the cheaper option without caring how something is made. Are such criteria still valid? I would say yes, because in a promotion at the local market these eggs were 10% more expensive than an industrial-farm egg and they were almost sold out while the industrial ones weren’t. I keep going with the flow, changing what I can change and planning and learning to change what I can’t for the future.