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I posted elsewhere - I'm neither indignant, nor concerned that food will be replaced by soylent. I'm negative about Soylent because instead of the message bein
by mattzito 13y ago
I posted elsewhere - I'm neither indignant, nor concerned that food will be replaced by soylent.
I'm negative about Soylent because instead of the message being, "Hey look, we're trying to make mass market meal replacements that might help people eat healthier at a better price point", it's, "We're making food unnecessary"
That doesn't mean food will go away, of course, but it's a very smug, technocratic way to go about this process. "We have solved the problem" instead of "We're trying to figure this out".
- jack-r-abbit 13y agoWell... don't most start-up launch pages that make it to the HN front page have the same "We have solved the problem" attitude? Isn't that how you sell yourself?
- mattzito 13y agoThey mostly say they've solved the problem of how you and your friends will find each other at the concert, or how you're going to deal with the back breaking hassle of getting your mail, and these types of things. Not real problems, in other words. Soylent proposes to replace the need for the human consumption of food. That's an extra level of chutzpah
- dasil003 13y agoMost newly announced startups solve tiny problems. If your product is making extraordinary claims then the template is actually very long form content with a lot of bold, italics, exclamation points and testimonials to wear down the reader's skepticism from a million different angles. But it still helps to be something that a lot of people so desperately want so their willingness to believe is already primed. It's usually get-rick-quick schemes and workout programs.
- stephengillie 13y agoSo...you're upset because their marketing message of "making food unnecessary" means you won't be able to buy a McWobbler 5 years from now?