There's an episode of Friends that nails the fundamental silliness of foodie culture. Phoebe is nostalgically reminiscing about grandma's cookies, Monica is trying to techbro-reverse-engineer it from Phoebe's description. Turns out to be nestle-tollhouse wrapper recipe.
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Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Annie Zak
What makes the joke funny is the idea that an industrial mass-production process that strives to squeeze out all local variation might produce its own terroir. Which as it happens, is true. Cf: green-bean casserole.https://twitter.com/annie_zak/status/1065732910106333184 …
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There was an article where some Trappist monk swore Budweiser was the best beer because they produce millions of gallons of it and it's consistently the same
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Part of what makes iPhones so amazing is that they pump out 100 million of them a year. Not just the best tech, but at the highest scale
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Note though, that it is (and can be) only the "best" with reference to an ineffable platonic ideal of cellphone experience. The evolutionary "best" personal communication device is probably a janky prototype sitting in some lab somewhere that will be in all our pockets in 2030.
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