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I think a large part of the reason people waste so much food is that the human mind was designed for a hunter-gatherer way of life. It's hard to get enough foo
by woodandsteel 10y ago
I think a large part of the reason people waste so much food is that the human mind was designed for a hunter-gatherer way of life. It's hard to get enough food that way, so people ate everything they got. But today we get our food at supermarkets full of far more than we need, and are encouraged in many subtle ways to do so.
Also, I am thinking that if a food conservation movement started to get some real traction, it would cut into food industry profits, and so that industry would start a campaign to undermine food conservation.
- Aelinsaar 10y agoNot to mention the minimal and subtle FUD that would be required, given how disgusted most of us are with the notion of spoiled and suspect food.
- xg15 10y agoI'm always sceptical if I see poor eating habits blamed solely on "well that's how the human species works". Yes, much of our biology and preferences are still influenced by the old hunter-gatherer lifestyle (such as our preference for salt, fat and sugar). However, between the stone age and the present lie many centuries of culture in which humans reflected on their reading habits and changed it in many different ways. As such, blaming the stoneage heritage to solve present-day food problems doesn't seem very useful to me. Blaming those that exploit that heritage (e.g by producing deliberately high-calorie food so it tastes better) might be more useful.
- stcredzero 10y agoRight. Look at the ways in which the government distorts the economic incentives for food producers in the US.