Galt's Gulch

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  • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 10 years, 11 months ago
    We have been using 3-D printers to make patterns for castings for years. Making food is something new... the product reminds me of the food cubes from Agenda 21... I think I would rather have oatmeal...
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    • Posted by ssnyh 10 years, 11 months ago
      You take a small step in the right direction with that mindset. It can be hell on earth, but it could rather be a ticket out of state-sponsored dependancy. The difference is who is in control.
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      • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 10 years, 11 months ago
        I can see that it does have some advantage, especially when it comes to storage.
        Yes. This technology must be in the hands of entrepreneurs and not the Gov't. NASA is a government agency...
        I hope the tech turns out to be more reliable than the 3-D printers I am familiar with. They are extremely tempermental and always breaking down. One question: In the present, the people who need the food the most are not the sharpest tools in the shed since they reproduce better than they farm; so who will have control of the machine and thus the food supply once they become dependent? You see, it could become a ticket, to state-sponsored dependency... We must be ever vigilant.
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        • Posted by khalling 10 years, 11 months ago
          lol. I cannot believe you and I are going to disagree. The reality is, having children is a social security net and cheap labor. The countries living on the edge of starvation are the countries that tend to have highest birth rates.
          In wealthier countries, people don't need their children to be their labor and children are not the most effective way of securing survival in old age. Therefore, birth rates are lower. As well, if pursuing wealth is easier, people tend to put off starting families. The areas which most need food in this world are run by despotic governments and the western world's "aid" keeps those govts rich and happy and powerful. Let them eat 3D food
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          • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 10 years, 11 months ago
            Yes, in those countries, they think of having those babies as security, but they don't teach them how to provide for themselves and they keep themselves in perpetual hunger because they keep doing the same thing over and over and ... like rabbits...
            In wealthier countries people have fewer babies, and when a cage is filled with too many rats they stop reproducing and eat one another... A natural equilibrium is maintained. The people who reproduce in excess of their ability to feed themselves must change their security plan or nature will maintain the status quo...
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            • Posted by khalling 10 years, 11 months ago
              "Yes, in those countries, they think of having those babies as security, but they don't teach them how to provide for themselves and they keep themselves in perpetual hunger because they keep doing the same thing over and over and ... like rabbits."
              every single study says you are incorrect. Please look at Frasier and Heritage at economic freedom index.
              it is called the malthusian trap, and the only way to escape is to increase one's level of technology faster than population growth. If the govt keeps you from having technology or fails to protect you developing it, then you are stuck. In the trap, if I have more children, I am more likely to survive. I'm not saying some won't die or that infanticide is not practiced. looking at the overall trend. Your rat example I do not get. surely you are not angling for this?
              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RntxCmqQq...
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  • Posted by khalling 10 years, 11 months ago
    what a BS project! the japanese have been eating seaweed for centuries without the need of a 3D printer. what a crock and waste of money. I'll go dust off my old dehydrator and make some interesting shapes out of pineapples and beef-can I be head of the "project"?
    now, guns (and any other tool for that matter)-that's useful
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    • Posted by ssnyh 10 years, 11 months ago
      Well yes. By now most everyone knows that gun parts can be made by 3d printers. I would not, however, call it crock when steak dinners can be printed. It's been years since they can print medicine and blood vessels.
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