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Like nearly all social engineering/behavioral economics theories, they fail the moment they're exposed to reality. So while Monibot et. al. can make a fine calo
by 23B1 3y ago
Like nearly all social engineering/behavioral economics theories, they fail the moment they're exposed to reality. So while Monibot et. al. can make a fine caloric calculation, they fail to imagine what'd happen when you start telling cultures with millennia of food traditions what they can and can't eat.
So you and I agree in that it'd be too expensive to bother – namely that you'd be attempting to erase some of the most important cultural traditions 'for the greater good'.
- ben_w 3y ago> they fail to imagine what'd happen when you start telling cultures with millennia of food traditions what they can and can't eat. McDonalds exists and is popular, so traditions are not why I think it might be expensive. Also traditional food is mostly much younger than it seems. Old World dishes involving tomatoes or potatoes or maize or chillies or chocolate, not possible before trade with the Americas.
- 23B1 3y agoI'm not talking about expensive in terms of currency, I'm talking about it in terms of human cost. Many, many wars have been fought over attempts to control food, and the lives lost can be counted in the hundreds of millions.