The Wow I Can't Believe That News Story Thread

[DwnWthVwls]

We dont need to deal with that needless complexity, butchery, or waste... *cough* vegan *cough*

[Lucem Ferre]

Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

We dont need to deal with that needless complexity, butchery, or waste... *cough* vegan *cough*

True. Never tried vegan meats but I've heard that some are really really good.

[DwnWthVwls]

No comparison taste wise but some if done right can satisfy the texture youd be missing out on..

[Lucem Ferre]

Originally Posted by elphenor

maybe for you personally, but millions could benefit from a simple redistribution of wealth

Look how well technological advancement helped Detroit.

Almost as if technology isn't going to automatically fix the inequality issue especially when people don't want to give up the kind of power inequality has given them.

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by Anteater

Technological advancement is inevitable and the only real shot we have at improving anything. Most of what would solve the problems I see already exists, but it's early. Lab grown steaks for example. The issue is no different than what Big3 brought up before about energy: it's a matter of bringing down the cost and time to create a new steak so that we no longer need to butcher millions of cows and deal with all of that needless complexity, butchery and waste.

You still need organic matter and energy.

[Anteater]

Originally Posted by elphenor

maybe for you personally, but millions could benefit from a simple redistribution of wealth

I never said it was the only thing that needed to happen. But redistributing wealth doesn't solve scarcity. Society needs to be in a place where scarcity doesn't exist in order to have a foundation where wealth inequality / concentration of too much power with too few people is unlikely to come about.

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre

Look how well technological advancement helped Detroit.

Almost as if technology isn't going to automatically fix the inequality issue especially when people don't want to give up the kind of power inequality has given them.

Technology killed Detroit originally

No man ever spent most of his life in a factory before there were factories

Detroit has never not been a holocaust.

[Lucem Ferre]

Jump in a Pizza Hut dumpster and check out all the scarcity.

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by elphenor

the world can't afford petty consumerism like Starbucks or whatever, but it absolutely can support the vital things in life for everyone with enough left over for Art and Booze

I’m a little bit uncomfortable with the whole not letting the other animals live thing.

[Lucem Ferre]

That can change.