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I love how on HN we regularly talk about terraforming Mars, computer/brain interface, the AI "singularity", or even immortality brought by technology, but "sust
by lm28469 3y ago
I love how on HN we regularly talk about terraforming Mars, computer/brain interface, the AI "singularity", or even immortality brought by technology, but "sustainable farming" is an unsolvable problem and is so out of our imagination spectrum that we almost shouldn't discuss the possibility...
- dpkirchner 3y agoFolks going to Mars don't ask me to change the status quo and the status quo must be preserved no matter the consequences!
- kelipso 3y agoBut I don't see any alternatives being discussed, like say, sky scraping towers of factory farmed cows that take up a square block and can feed hundreds of thousands. Like apparently the only solution is abstention or restriction. Where are the crazy visions of feeding tens of billions of people through some high tech magic whatevers.
- dpkirchner 3y agoEating more veg and less meat has got to be a lot cheaper for everyone, and more realistic, than building 100-story towers filled with cows, eh?
- lm28469 3y agoWhat you call "abstention or restriction" in 2024 would be the dream diet of anyone before the 1930s. We're supposedly smart monkey, we should be able to eat 25% less bacon if it means avoiding all these long term issues. Even pigs know when to stop eating
- kelipso 3y agoThere is a reason people in the 1930s grew up stunted and were shorter than people today. Why in the world would I want to follow their example?