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Opinion: They are trying to optimize profit and control. Don't mess with food. We know what works, we've almost always made it worse: less nutritious (rolled o
by slowmovintarget 3y ago
Opinion: They are trying to optimize profit and control.
Don't mess with food. We know what works, we've almost always made it worse: less nutritious (rolled oats instead of steel cut), less tasty (tomatoes, chicken), more vulnerable to die-out (bananas), or worse. Now you get Bill Gates and Monsanto advocating GMO / lab-grown foods for the masses. The market plan for the long-term on this is terrifying though.
Just... grow real food, eat real food.
The earth currently can produce enough food for everyone. The reason people go hungry in 2023 is because food rots on docks from government mismanagement, or goes into Dear Leader's kitchen and not those of his people, or a million other reasons that all boil down to selfishness, arrogance, or advanced forms of these same vices.
Apologies for the rant.
- jfengel 3y agoWe've already optimized meat production in ways which are worse. It is very bad for the environment and extremely cruel to the animals. Part of the optimization is removing the processes far from consumers so that they're unaware of the downsides. The solution is to eat more real food, which includes a higher proportion of vegetables and a much lower proportion of meat. But a lot of people are resistant to that, for a variety of reasons. If lab-grown meat can at least reduce the animal cruelty, it's an optimization I'd prefer.
- x86x87 3y agoFor better or worse, if you look at what is needed to feed all people GMOs are going to happen. It's not an if, it's a when. Everyone consuming real, organic food has not been on the table for years now.