Posted on 08/27/2018 3:01:21 PM PDT by Simon Green
It’s the year 2038. The word “flavor” has fallen into disuse. Sugar is the new cigarettes, and we have managed to replace salt with healthy plants. We live in a society in which we eat fruit grown using genetics. We drink synthetic wine, scramble eggs that do not come from chickens, grill meat that was not taken from animals, and roast fish that never saw the sea.
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Agriculture is now mostly in the hands of the young generation, 70% of whom are college graduates and refer to themselves as “urban farmer-scientists.” They grow all kinds of plants in containers placed throughout cities, using efficient hydroponic setups and the latest technology to narrow the gap between citizens and their food. Farms are now located in cities and can be readily visited, but they now resemble an Apple Store more than a traditional farmstead.
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We live in an age of ultrapersonalization, but at the same time, we lack any kind of privacy. All of our nutrition follows a plan, there is practically no freedom of choice. The initial trigger was China’s pilot program–based on the launch of its big data and artificial intelligence system that assigned a rating to each Chinese citizen, what they called the social credit plan.
Once Chinese businesses entered the food market en masse, they applied their technology and control model throughout the world. The focus on climate change and food safety led the EU to create a kind of food police. This organization uses technology and the ongoing carbon footprint left by each citizen to trace everything we eat and monitor our level of food waste. The sum of all these elements results in our CFS (Citizen Food Score).
They are able to analyze everything, from the sandwich we take from a vending machine–1,441 grams of CO2 equivalent, equal to the emissions generated by driving a car for 10 miles–to our overall eating habits. This means that when you try to use your fingerprint on a vending machine, sometimes it will withhold the product, either because it would exceed your predetermined carbon level or because you have already ingested the necessary calories for that day.
An algorithm calculates our level of consumption and the waste we generate without needing to check the bags in our garbage containers, simply based on what we buy at the supermarket, the number of people in our household, and their consumption and habits. This is then used to impose significant fines when a high level of waste is detected.
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Any customers who still visit restaurants in person find a space full of sensors that track operations in the kitchen and diners’ movements. Most restaurants download their diners’ FCS (Food Citizen Score) and flavor predictive algorithm (culinary DNA) as they walk through the door, to obtain information about weight, height, dietary requirements, and physical condition goals. Their applications will then provide personalized nutritional advice and recommend meal options. Customers also provide a saliva sample, so that the restaurant can cross-reference their genetic makeup against updated studies, in order to let them know if they have a significant probability of a genetic predisposition to food intolerances and also to inform the specific dietary contents of the perfect menu they will put together.
What’s a, “Marius Robles?”
Is it edible?
5.56mm
I am of the opinion that the only way we (collectively the world) are going to feed everyone is to move food production from the outdoors and into green houses.
Much more aqua- and hydra-ponics for year round production of food, production of food in locations that normally only support limited if any crops. This means consolidation of resources and corporations, not citizens, doing most of the crop production.
What happens to cows and pigs when they are not needed or meat?
It’s a shame that Denis Leary is a leftist, Obama loving twit.
I wonder if he still wants Lou Dobbs to run for President (he said that to Dobbs during an interview in 2009 before Dobbs “left” CNN).
“This means consolidation of resources “
Yep! These idiots have no idea how hard it is to farm a year’s worth of food ... and it’s hard when the weather cooperates ... I doubt the pimple prick that wrote this article understands what it would take for people to feed themselves during drought conditions and the like.
Genetic engineering of crops will also help feed the world. I often feel like the left crucifies companies like Monsanto since “food supply” cannot be used as a reason for “population control” if it’s easier to grow crops anywhere.
Another thing that is going to help feed the world is robotics ... gigantic harvests with autonomous vehicles is already happening ... and it’s only going to get better! :-).
But we’ll still be getting lots and lots of baloney like this silly article.
This is a dystopia worthy of Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” and would be a great incentive to leave the “Green Hills of Earth” to go elsewhere for freedom.
Simple query, what happens if you cannot pay that fine for ‘over-eating’? Next stop, prison for eating! Gee, how fun!
FYI: If you think that this would put PETA, vegetarians, vegans and Friends of the Earth out of business, think again. Theirs is a religion and they will defend it to your death.
“Quick, go hide in the Orgasmatron”.
The Hunger Games’ Panem: Capital + Districts.
Bump!!!!!!
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Relax folks!
Yeshua Ha Mashiach will be taking over in the fall of 2024, and from then onward it will be Koshur or starvation.
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They will analyze your electricity usage patterns, determine you probably have an unregistered freezer, and automatically get a warrant to search your house. I wish I could add /sarc to this post, but unfortunately I cannot.
Yes, in regards to the image in comment #10. It’s interesting that so many people use computers (mostly phones) solely for gossip and entertainment.
***We drink synthetic wine, scramble eggs that do not come from chickens, grill meat that was not taken from animals, and roast fish that never saw the sea. ***
We are constantly being warned NOT TO EAT highly processed foods. Now we are told to eat highly processed soy and other vegetables.
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