The Benefits Of Soylent

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People need to stop messing with the ingredients in the food. Many food that many people eat today has been so genetically modified, scientists do not know the future effects it has on the human body. The food the public has to eat now cannot possibly end. The product “Soylent” cannot solve the world’s problems. Rob Rhinehart, the entrepreneur of this product says Soylent is a drink that is composed of thirty-five essential nutrients necessary for human-survival and that these nutrients are grinded up and mixed in with water. How can a random tech entrepreneur who barely has any science degree background prove and say that Soylent may be the product that may end or replace all foods? He does not establish any ethos in biochemical sciences yet …show more content…

It conjures up the visions of a world devoid of pizza parlors and taco stands-our kitchens stocked with beige powder instead of banana bread, our spaghetti nights and ice-cream social replaced by evenings sipping sludge” (Widdicombe). Rhinehart is trying to suggest that the drink Soylent are used as daily meals; it cannot replace all of the food being eaten. The nightmare comes in when people see how the daily food and traditions of having pizza on Friday nights might be swept away if Soylent is to replace the food that many people love to eat. But Rhinehart tries to say that there is a significant difference between using Soylent as a substitute for daily meals and also when using food for socialization with friends and family, “He imagines that, in the future, ‘we’ll see a separation between our meals for utility and function, and our meals for experience and socialization.’ Soylent isn’t coming for our Sunday potlucks. It’s coming for our frozen quesadillas” (Widdicombe). The thought provoking idea that Soylent might be replacing precious time with our family is scary. Having big feasts and getting together as a family or with friends to eat is a tradition and is a good way for people to reconnect with each other. As society grows, time becomes more precious and bringing Soylent in may help exclude the time spent with friends of significant

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