NASA is experimenting with growing fish meat from fish cells, in an effort to feed astronauts on long space flights. Genetically modified food is quickly moving beyond seed technology to improve yield, and fight disease, to the laboratory where scientists believe they will unlock the answers to feeding the world’s growing an insatiable appetite. Where's it all going? Love your thoughts...
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Instead of finding ever more sophisticated ways to increase yields perhaps we should leverage what we know about wildlife management and apply it to ourselves.
We can probably figure out a way for our planet to support 50 billion souls. Maybe 100 billion. Maybe we all live to be 120 years old in this brave new world as well.
Do we really want that? Maybe there's a right size. An equilibrium. An idealized place where we can feel like productive yet individual members of a secure society that spans the planet.
It's not to say that we couldn't have 50 billion of us all experiencing this Utopian bliss - but 6 billion of us have to get there first.
Posted by: Luis | April 02, 2009 at 11:19 PM
Luis,
Who makes that call? Who has the right to limit humans being, on the macro level?
Different discussion for a different day.
Or combine them and get Soylent Green?
Posted by: Mark | April 03, 2009 at 08:47 AM
One of these days, mom's gonna catch us playing mad scientist with the stuff under the kitchen sink...
Posted by: george c. | April 03, 2009 at 10:28 AM
Good point Mark. After initially re-reading my post I felt that the idea of applying "wildlife management" techniques to humanity unintentionally reeks of fascist ideology. I decided to leave it in to see where the conversation might go.
Posted by: Luis | April 03, 2009 at 11:17 AM
At the end of the day it's about who controls what...food, water....I am sure some hall monitor will insist you have to have a membership card to belly up.
Science of course will take credit for the miracle of the loaves and fish and someone will be assigned to the branding.
.... but if you really want to impress, go ahead and make a Tuna from scratch.
rh
Posted by: Ralph Hoskins | April 07, 2009 at 09:59 PM