I don't get it either. I have a few coworkers (in Cleveland) who have started on the Soylent thing for breakfast / lunch, and it seems insane. I personally reli

I don't get it either. I have a few coworkers (in Cleveland) who have started on the Soylent thing for breakfast / lunch, and it seems insane. I personally relish the chance to take a break for lunch / coffee / etc. and spend a few minutes decompressing / socializing and find myself re-energized to continue working. I'll be starting a new position with Google[x] in Mountain View and the meals are one of the things I really look forward to - not so much because they're free food, but because socializing at lunch can make such a big difference in terms of building community / "company culture". Some of my fondest memories of college were regular lunch gatherings at the cafeterias -- sharing a meal is such a fundamental human thing, and giving it up for some "scientific" meal replacement just seems like one more way to remove our humanity.