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I don't think "higher morals" is a realistic solution within our current market economy - these are multi-billion dollar corporations which operate on a separat
by exp1orer 8y ago
I don't think "higher morals" is a realistic solution within our current market economy - these are multi-billion dollar corporations which operate on a separate set of motivations from any of their employees.
I also don't think our only alternatives are "trust these companies to self-monitor", or blockchain.
I'm thinking about 2 kinds of solutions:
1) technical solutions which would improve the current chain-of-custody tracking (this could involve blockchain, but it doesn't have to).
2) policy solutions which might involve something like "less frequent, but more rigorous testing, with stronger penalties".
And I'm confused by your statement "Requiring submission of soil samples is rather expensive, and fairly strong control, because cheating is a very deliberate act." - but what these instances prove is that corporations will cheat anyway.
- jopsen 8y agoOkay, I guess my point was to say control without trust is expensive. Some level of trust in companies and institutions is necessary. And when balancing this we should consider cost.
- ItsMe000001 8y agoYou made the statement in the context of the currently discussed article, where not trusting the companies and obtaining samples from supermarkets would have been at least as easy and cheap. That makes it a bit hard to understand what your point is, we have a concrete example, there is no need to theorize about other scenarios. What you came up with has little or no connection to the item being discussed.