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Or... it could put humanity in a position to provide a balanced nutrition as a fundamental human right, delivered right to your doorstep by USPS. If the economi

by beambot 13y ago

Or... it could put humanity in a position to provide a balanced nutrition as a fundamental human right, delivered right to your doorstep by USPS. If the economics worked out it could be provided everywhere worldwide, and then other food consumption could be purely for enjoyment. There are always people who scream "dystopia!" every time a new technology arrives. That seems very pessimistic.

fleitz 13y ago
This is a very progressive idea, lets add housing to that, so that everyone will have a place to stay, something to eat and something to do. I can see the large halls feeding the masses, I've even heard tale of a boy named Oliver who wants even more soylent it's so delicious.
stinkytaco 13y ago
>it could put humanity in a position to provide a balanced nutrition as a fundamental human right, delivered right to your doorstep by USPS. If the economics worked out it could be provided everywhere worldwide, and then other food consumption could be purely for enjoyment. So... why not just do that with the food we've got? Drop a few packages of surplus food on the doorsteps of some African countries and call it good? The thing is, there is enough food to feed the world. The Western world has way too much of it and lots of the rest of the world has too little of it. Hell, even within the western world there's too much and too little at the same time within the same square mile. The issue is not balanced nutrition, it's making the economics work out, which they do not and never have. What this may solve is a distribution problem. Some of the food problem in major US cities is lack of access to grocery stores that sell real food. Soylent could be stocked in the convenience stores those areas have access to.
- thaumasiotes 13y ago
  > Some of the food problem in major US cities is lack of access to grocery stores that sell real food. Assumed without evidence. http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1106078 http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=11060... From the conclusion to the paper: > In our longitudinal study, neighborhood supermarket availability was generally unrelated to both adherence to fruit and vegetable recommendations and overall diet quality (reflecting compliance with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans). They do claim that the paper supports zoning restrictions on fast food restaurants, because of their finding that among men, greater availability of fast food cooccurs with greater consumption of fast food. Among women, not even that.
justin66 13y ago
The interchangeability of dystopias and utopias is sometimes a theme in SF. A lot of it is based on perception. > Or... it could put humanity in a position to provide a balanced nutrition as a fundamental human right, delivered right to your doorstep by USPS. The notion of using this glop as a permanent solution to fix hunger (someplace the USPS delivers!!!) - well, the fact that anyone would seriously entertain it - is so sad to me that it's hard to articulate. So, classic utopia/dystopia material, I guess.

by beambot 13y ago

fleitz 13y ago

This is a very progressive idea, lets add housing to that, so that everyone will have a place to stay, something to eat and something to do. I can see the large halls feeding the masses, I've even heard tale of a boy named Oliver who wants even more soylent it's so delicious.

stinkytaco 13y ago

>it could put humanity in a position to provide a balanced nutrition as a fundamental human right, delivered right to your doorstep by USPS. If the economics worked out it could be provided everywhere worldwide, and then other food consumption could be purely for enjoyment. So... why not just do that with the food we've got? Drop a few packages of surplus food on the doorsteps of some African countries and call it good? The thing is, there is enough food to feed the world. The Western world has way too much of it and lots of the rest of the world has too little of it. Hell, even within the western world there's too much and too little at the same time within the same square mile. The issue is not balanced nutrition, it's making the economics work out, which they do not and never have. What this may solve is a distribution problem. Some of the food problem in major US cities is lack of access to grocery stores that sell real food. Soylent could be stocked in the convenience stores those areas have access to.

thaumasiotes 13y ago
> Some of the food problem in major US cities is lack of access to grocery stores that sell real food. Assumed without evidence. http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1106078 http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=11060... From the conclusion to the paper: > In our longitudinal study, neighborhood supermarket availability was generally unrelated to both adherence to fruit and vegetable recommendations and overall diet quality (reflecting compliance with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans). They do claim that the paper supports zoning restrictions on fast food restaurants, because of their finding that among men, greater availability of fast food cooccurs with greater consumption of fast food. Among women, not even that.

justin66 13y ago

The interchangeability of dystopias and utopias is sometimes a theme in SF. A lot of it is based on perception. > Or... it could put humanity in a position to provide a balanced nutrition as a fundamental human right, delivered right to your doorstep by USPS. The notion of using this glop as a permanent solution to fix hunger (someplace the USPS delivers!!!) - well, the fact that anyone would seriously entertain it - is so sad to me that it's hard to articulate. So, classic utopia/dystopia material, I guess.