> I started wondering why something as simple and important as food was still so inefficient It's inefficient because it's important. The production and consum

> I started wondering why something as simple and important as food was still so inefficient It's inefficient because it's important. The production and consumption of food is one of the most ritualized aspects of humanity, and most cultures define themselves in no small part by their culinary traditions. To humans, food is far, far more than simply the output of some nutritional optimization technique.