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In what way is automated food production a solved problem? Last I checked we still need plenty of humans to grow food.

• m4rtink 4y ago
  In absolute numbers maybe - in relative numbers we have improved immensely from all people spending most of their time gathering food to survive to a couple percent of the population herding machines that make food for the rest.
  • serverholic 4y ago
    Great then we should be able to provide food for everyone who needs it right? In that case, we can pick another large engineering project to tackle. How about 3D printers for houses so that we can shelter people too?
    • m4rtink 4y ago
      We have been since at least the 19th century. Why we don't is apparently a sociological problem that we have not been able to tackle since...
    • chii 4y ago
      > Great then we should be able to provide food for everyone who needs it right? as long as those people provide 'stuff' for other people in exchange. That has been the economic model that works.
      • serverholic 4y ago
        That doesn’t sound automated then, which was my point. I’m talking about bringing the cost of basic food items to near zero so people don’t have to exchange for it. Wouldn’t that be a great “mission” for a large-scale NASA-like project?