Re:The drab stupidity of Soylent
by alisson on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @08:27AM
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Just think of Soylent as an alternative and not the only way to go. Soylent could help bring food to areas where people starve to death. It could be a good alternative to take when camping and hiking for days. And many others... People already eat a lot of crap food (like McDonald's), Soylent could be a better crap food. I wouldn't take it unless really necessary. I think it's a really good idea, but I wouldn't recommend to anyone who have good food available.
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Re:The drab stupidity of Soylent
by jacques_chester on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @09:18AM
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> Soylent could help bring food to areas where people starve to death.
I think most people would prefer food if they're starving. And for genuine medical emergencies there are already genuine medical food substitutes intended to be used on a temporary basis.
> It could be a good alternative to take when camping and hiking for days.
Google "trail mix".
I think most people would prefer to live if they're starving. Soylent potentially solves a lot of logistical issues in feeding starving populations.
Also, trail mix doesn't negate Soylent being a good alternative.
Re:The drab stupidity of Soylent
by jacques_chester on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @09:42AM
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Soylent solves no such problems that haven't already been "solved" by existing, better-formulated temporary meal replacements already used by organisations such as Medicin sans Frontier when it is medically sensible to do so.
Logistics are not the cause of starvation. Local poverty is. Selling a bloody expensive powder doesn't seem to be the magic ticket here.
Re:The drab stupidity of Soylent
by PanTardovski on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @09:38AM
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If you're hiking significant distances carrying light, dry trail mix is much better than carrying heavy liquid Soylent.