After reading the article above I am horrified. Completely and utterly horrified.
10,000 years from now, before Earth is consumed by the Sun, Mother Nature will look back on this extremely brief, minute period of history and say "I gave you humans good land, water, oxygen, and sunlight-which was more than any other planet received-and you decided to make food from a man-made printer using food "ink" and syringes created by a synthetic lab. No wonder you didn't survive."
Are we really too lazy to go through the drive thru anymore? 10 years from now when I ask inner-city second graders to tell me where food comes from, not only will I have explain what a farm is but also what food is.Like genetically modified foods and eliminating biodiversity isn't enough. If those long term consequences haven't reared their ugly faces, humans are really in for it. How did an international superpower get so stupid. We may need a lesson from a third world country instead of Cornell University's Computational Synthesis Lab. Or perhaps from Mother Nature herself.
I wonder if Cornell's Dietetics Department knows about this research. I guess their nutrition computer analysis program won't be thought of as Food Processor Nutrient Analysis anymore. Apparently Cornell isn't well known for their medical or public health schools...or they won't be after this. I'm sure Mother Nature will have the last laugh.
Hey Meg,
ReplyDeleteInteresting article. Pretty crazy to imagine printing dinner on my printer. I think the concept is cool and could be fun to play with, but as a directional shift for society, I don't think so. The main thing that I think of when imagining ingesting apple pie a la my printer is that there would be no texture.? One of the best parts about apple pie is the sharp crystals of sugar scattered on the crust dissolving in your mouth just before you crunch the crust and find a warm soft center of apple delightfullness. ALso, Kristin makes the best apple pie and if I told her I wanted the one our free printer made I think I would be sleeping on the front porch.
Ha! I'm sure you would be.
ReplyDeleteYou got brought up by the RD/DTR team today (my first day). Once they saw my bio lunch bag they were reminded of your pink one? Anyways, they had good things to say.