Soylent: It's Not People. Or Food.(spectrum.ieee.org)
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Soylent: It's Not People. Or Food.
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The arguments against Soylent that compare it to some perfect diet are just obnoxious and disingenuous. McDonalds feeds 68+ million human beings A DAY... just McDonalds.
If there is a solution that is convenient, simple, healthier cost-effective replacement for fast food calories, I am all for it.
If there is a solution that is convenient, simple, healthier cost-effective replacement for fast food calories, I am all for it.
Not calling it "food" is a little off-putting, since it is "nutritously edible" unlike a lot of industrial food marketed to the time-money-impovershed. This is fascinating stuff, and people are trying to make their own formulas as well, here's a couple sites:
http://lesswrong.com/lw/h2h/soylent_orange_whole_food_open_s...
http://diy.soylent.me/
Personally I've already invested so much in organics that I'll have to work my way through that before I can give it an n=1 go.
http://lesswrong.com/lw/h2h/soylent_orange_whole_food_open_s...
http://diy.soylent.me/
Personally I've already invested so much in organics that I'll have to work my way through that before I can give it an n=1 go.
Soylent and food are not mutually exclusive. Soylent replaces feed, not food.
If anything, soylent makes those times when you eat out extra special, since you get to eat out for the sake of flavour rather than to fill up your belly, and you get to spend the money you didn't spend on regular meals.
If anything, soylent makes those times when you eat out extra special, since you get to eat out for the sake of flavour rather than to fill up your belly, and you get to spend the money you didn't spend on regular meals.
Saw the IEEE domain and was intrigued, but this is just another "I don't get it" piece, wherein the author reveals himself to also not get it (or more likely, is being deliberately obtuse because it makes for a 'better' article).
I stopped reading after:
...effort to produce a single foodstuff that could
be consumed, to the exclusion of anything else...
We were also a little put off by the "it's not food" hyperbole, which is why we made MealSquares. I think it will be appealing to a lot of people who like the concept of Soylent but not the execution.
I could lease a new BMW with the money I'd save eating Soylent. There is no food in the world that produces more happiness than a new BMW.
I can't tell if you're serious or not. If you're not, well, cool.
If you are, well, your perspective might need a bit of realigning. As someone who's driven nearly every new BMW that's been made in the past 10 years, I can _assure_ you the happiness they produce is short-lived, at best.
If you are, well, your perspective might need a bit of realigning. As someone who's driven nearly every new BMW that's been made in the past 10 years, I can _assure_ you the happiness they produce is short-lived, at best.
I'm pretty serious. I have an old one now and driving it makes me happier than any meal I've ever had. But that's mostly because I hate food :)
I could go for a new MBA myself, but to each their own :)
Neither is half the stuff on the shelf at 7-11 but people still literally live on it. At least Soylent took a stab at engineering for health instead of merely addictive taste over-stimulation.