> It is a step forward in the right direction. Perhaps there were many positives as well as a few significant negatives. > takes in raw material and synthes

> It is a step forward in the right direction. Perhaps there were many positives as well as a few significant negatives. > takes in raw material and synthesizes it on demand instead of on using third-party human labor? Replicator tech isn't coming down the line. In the meantime yes in a bath of chemicals you can produce an overpriced engineered patty of cells. This is highly processed food and I can't wait to see what cost cutting and business optimization will do to this ethical food. In the meantime automation most likely means more chemicals, more genetic engineering, more intensive agriculture. Why can we get away with all of this? Well because it works. That's its claim to fame. For how long? No clue. But for now it works and feeds billions and generates profits, at least for the billion dollar corporations at the very top of the game... at what cost? We don't have to actually account for those, we'll just declare bankruptcy and the profits will already be doled out.