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Is the Future of Food in Tokyo?

• kitcar 13y ago
  More information about the food in question: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euglena https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euglena
• delinka 13y ago
  Maybe. Distant future (e.g. when my grandchildren are grandparents) maybe this will be a base for lots of things. Currently though, with "Soylent" on my mind, I'd suggest the answer is no. People enjoy eating meals. People enjoy cooking meals. Food, with its variety of textures and flavors, is a big part of the social fabric of the entire planet. If the suggestion is that these food replacements allow us to forego preparation, have a quick nutrient infusion, and then get back to some activity ... again, not in the near future. I hope humanity continues to take time away from the rush of life and enjoy meals. OT: Sometimes, article headlines cause me mental anguish. Perhaps it's a deficiency that is my own, but often I find my reading the headline repeatedly while I wait for the content and I can't figure out what the author/editor meant. I get a couple sentences into the article and it hits me. In this case, I wanted an adjective after 'Tokyo,' but it turns out I needed to render it like this: "Is the Future of Food [located] in Tokyo?"
  • ihsw 13y ago
    Some people can't enjoy cooking meals because the food is simply not available, so surely you realize the value of a cheap and effective source of protein that is also highly transportable. The logistics for moving large quantities of food is very difficult and in many impoverished countries there is no large-scale transportation infrastructure -- so while food rots, people starve, and little can be done about it.
  • deleted 13y ago
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