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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 24 Feb 2019

      People have little loyalty to meat per se. If you made something that was cheaper and tasted better, most carnivores would switch. Once that shift started, social pressure against eating meat would grow rapidly. It would seem, and in fact would be, perverse.

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    2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 24 Feb 2019

      Predictions about the future often turn out to be false, but I'm going to risk predicting a rapid switch away from meat at some point. It's rocket-science hard, but no harder, and there is a huge amount of money to be made. Ergo it will happen.

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 24 Feb 2019

      I'll warn you in advance, though, that the switch will probably increase rather than decrease economic inequality. The replacements for meat will be created by startups, which means more Bezoses, and will simultaneously put lots of small farmers out of business.

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        2. Demetrus‏ @bastiatcat 24 Feb 2019
          Replying to @paulg

          Yes, but as it always does, it will lift the standard of living for all, while shaping the earth futures for the better. Are we really going to not allow that because inequality will increase ?

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        3. Sunil Sadasivan‏Verified account @sunils34 24 Feb 2019
          Replying to @bastiatcat @paulg

          I think it's a good thing to recognize the duality of the effects. Yes the living standards will rise and 📉decreased green house emissions. But it should be on society to incentivize retraining and repurposing of these farms. Living without purpose has bad effects long term.

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        2. Jeff Yeon‏ @JeffYeon1 24 Feb 2019
          Replying to @paulg

          Honest question. Does income inequality really have any real negative effects? Or is it something socialists like to pick at?

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        3. Charlie Stross‏Verified account @cstross 24 Feb 2019
          Replying to @JeffYeon1 @paulg

          Yes: look at rising infant mortality stats in the UK and correlate with changing Gini coefficient, 2008-18. Numbers aren’t lying: poverty kills.

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        1. Douglas Frank‏ @dpfrank07 24 Feb 2019
          Replying to @paulg

          It'll be interesting to see if creating our non-animal "meat" with the same protein and nutrients can exceed nature's energy efficiency.

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        1. Omar Alshaker  🧙‍♂️‏ @alshakero 24 Feb 2019
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          It's for sure more than only farmers. The meat supply chain is huge. Many of these parts can only function with traditional meat. Let alone the supply chain of farming itself. Not the same but relevant http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160926-what-would-happen-if-the-world-suddenly-went-vegetarian …pic.twitter.com/uvH5LFKnfM

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        1. Lucky Me‏ @Light_bound 24 Feb 2019
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          Learn to grow avocado?

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        1. David Troup‏ @davidtroup 24 Feb 2019
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          Manufactured food is the cause of all sorts of physical ailments. Want to live a healthy life? Only eat foods grown or killed. Don't eat food from the lab with an ingredients list where you have no idea WTF that shit is.

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        1. Derek Morris  🚀 🌲‏ @derek_j_morris 24 Feb 2019
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          Unpopular truth: These companies are turning meat into a cheap junk food Huge market, but not healthier

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        1. Jonathan Chambers‏ @jon_cham 24 Feb 2019
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          - how much ag based raw materials will substitutes require & will farms transition to those? - will ethical viewpoint on meat apply equally to large, family, and subsistence farms? - what happens to land? In expensive markets, farmers sell off. In cheap/rural, further collapse?

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