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You're forgetting a big one. It's a cognitive stimulant that increases worker productivity. So not only does the coffee industry have an obvious, direct incen
by anonisko 6y ago
You're forgetting a big one.
It's a cognitive stimulant that increases worker productivity.
So not only does the coffee industry have an obvious, direct incentive to promote the benefits and downplay any long term negatives, but EVERY corporate entity and even our government has an indirect incentive to downplay any negatives.
A company or society that hypes up it's young worker population on caffeine will likely out-compete organizations of humans that don't, even if major health problems show up later in life.
- grecy 6y agoAnd an even bigger one - coffee is extremely lucrative, so there are enormous amounts of money in play to make sure it stays legal/popular/'healthy'.
- nicoburns 6y agoTobacco is/was also extremely lucrative. I don't think that's enough to protect it. But it's effect on societal productivity likely is.
- grecy 6y agoAs far as I'm aware Tobacco is still extremely profitable, despite being horrendously bad for health. If it were introduced today there's absolutely no doubt it wouldn't be allowed. I'd say that means it is being protected.
- foolinaround 6y agoit is'nt protected per se, more like it got grand-fathered in. inertia and all that.
- grecy 6y ago> it is'nt protected per se ...and you can guarantee a TON of people were absolutely certain the same was true about sugar not so long ago....
- barrenko 6y agoIn my view, there is no corporate or industrial work without coffee. Work from home may damage it a bit.