Re:The war on food waste is a waste of time
by Aperocky on Thursday February 27, 2020 @09:27PM
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I’d much be here today than a king say 500 years ago.
Not only do I have vastly longer life expectancy, the quality of life during which I’m alive is likely much better, both physically and spiritually, except the getting 100 servants part.
Re:The war on food waste is a waste of time
by ErikAugust on Thursday February 27, 2020 @10:03PM
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You probably have 100 servants if you think about it. Between automation and all the specialized services you use.
Re:The war on food waste is a waste of time
by shadowprofile77 on Friday February 28, 2020 @12:03AM
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Just the average basic combination of smartphone in the pocket, microwave oven and small electric oven in the kitchen and electric heating in the home do the work of literally dozens of people 500 years ago. For a king to heat their castle at night (or anyone to heat their home) required hours of very hard work. Getting timely information of any kind would have required the same, and couriers, court philosophers and so forth, and to make a basic hot dinner was hours of work even for modest mealtimes.
True, but from a resource utilization perspective those things are pretty wasteful. We could definitely meet somewhere in the middle, our options are not “everyone lives like kings and some are destitute” or “all live like kings”. The idea that anyone needs those things (or even deserves them more than anyone else) is the real enemy here.