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I think what a lot of people don't agree with is the marketing of Soylent, but they don't understand that and so they harp on other issues with it. This article

by yladiz 10y ago

I think what a lot of people don't agree with is the marketing of Soylent, but they don't understand that and so they harp on other issues with it. This article, while wordy, is better than some because it does discuss the marketing and idea of companies, esp. in SV, "disrupting food", even if the argument is very roundabout. I will never drink Soylent, not because I think the idea of Soylent is bad (it's verifiably not, look at the number of people who do like it) but because I have no interest in it, because I know that real food is absolutely better in every way I care about (nutrition, taste). But I also understand that Soylent, even if it is marketed as a meal replacement, will never replace meals, so I don't really care. In my eyes, it's my generation's version of my mom's Slimfast.

gravypod 10y ago
If you where starving and you had three choices: - Get "real food" from a humanitarian aid organization that's enough to feed yourself - Get soylent from an aid organization but since it would cost less you also get enough to feed a second person - Die of hunger. I'll take the soylent option and that's where I think it's true colors will eventually shine. I hope Rob takes it there some day. If you agree with this message you should not just say yes, you should buy some soylent. Your purchase is an investment in the future you want to see. If you don't support that idea, then that's ok too.
- yladiz 10y ago
  I do support it, but just because I agree with something doesn't mean I should or have to support it directly. I also don't like this argument because I'm not the one who makes those decisions, humanitarian organizations/NGOs are, and they are the ones that decide on issues like this (for example, I naively thought that a donated vaccine would be good, but it turns out it is not good for NGOs[1]). I'm talking strictly for me and I have no plans to purchase Soylent for the reasons I mentioned in my original comment. 1: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/10/doctors-with-borders/503786/ http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/10/doctors-wi...

by yladiz 10y ago

gravypod 10y ago

If you where starving and you had three choices: - Get "real food" from a humanitarian aid organization that's enough to feed yourself - Get soylent from an aid organization but since it would cost less you also get enough to feed a second person - Die of hunger. I'll take the soylent option and that's where I think it's true colors will eventually shine. I hope Rob takes it there some day. If you agree with this message you should not just say yes, you should buy some soylent. Your purchase is an investment in the future you want to see. If you don't support that idea, then that's ok too.

yladiz 10y ago
I do support it, but just because I agree with something doesn't mean I should or have to support it directly. I also don't like this argument because I'm not the one who makes those decisions, humanitarian organizations/NGOs are, and they are the ones that decide on issues like this (for example, I naively thought that a donated vaccine would be good, but it turns out it is not good for NGOs[1]). I'm talking strictly for me and I have no plans to purchase Soylent for the reasons I mentioned in my original comment. 1: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/10/doctors-with-borders/503786/ http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/10/doctors-wi...