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Speaking in generalities but hackers love hard problems, and implementing a 21st century food system is the intersection of most of the biggest problems of our
by Floegipoky 5y ago
Speaking in generalities but hackers love hard problems, and implementing a 21st century food system is the intersection of most of the biggest problems of our time- climate change, population growth, sustainable energy. The fact that the best solutions seem to involve decentralization, taking a big chunk out of the market cap of destructive megacorporations, and transferring power down the class hierarchy aligns closely with the hacker ethos as well.
- therealdrag0 5y agoEngineers are also notorious for having opinions about everything regardless of the depth of their expertise :)
- bordercases 5y agoI echo this take, particularly the latter sentiments.
- saalweachter 5y agoAlso speaking in generalities, engineers love to come up with glib solutions to complicated problems in domains they've heard about but don't have a deep understanding of. Agriculture and its future are like candy.
- garrickvanburen 5y agoI'll add, hackers are also super fond of non-obvious, counterintuitive solutions to hard problems.