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103 sats \ 8 replies \ @optimism 12 Sep \ on: Do We Already Have Too Much? AskSN
Abundance of bad food is like abundance of toxic waste in your garden.
Scaling by sacrificing quality is easy (and profitable, if you can get away with it.) The challenge is to scale without making that sacrifice, in the face of insatiable greed.
We don't have enough of the right stuff.
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100 sats \ 7 replies \ @kr OP 12 Sep
Well said, how do we get more of the right stuff and less of the bad stuff at scale?
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10 sats \ 6 replies \ @optimism 12 Sep
By facing the challenge and basically, doing it.
Never expect someone else to solve problems for you; if you find something important, be the change.
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100 sats \ 5 replies \ @kr OP 12 Sep
Separate question but related to the main idea... what role does technology play in this change?
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11 sats \ 4 replies \ @optimism 12 Sep
Technology is a generic thing. A garden trowel is technology, so if you use that to plant really awesome healthy tomatoes, you're using technology.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @kr OP 12 Sep
I should specify new technology. In the past, new technology was the way we produced more with less. Now, if we are solving a different problem (producing better or throttling desire for more food/entertainment), what kinds of new technology matter most?
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 12 Sep
If you mean throttling your desire for food and entertainment: find something useful to do.
If you mean throttling my desire for food and entertainment: good luck, lol.
No tech needed.
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @kr OP 12 Sep
Appreciate your responses, but each one drifts further from the original topic.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 22h
Sorry about that... I'm probably too practical.
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