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Why the hell would anyone want to live on Soylent?
Soylent has become a mainstream topic, mostly thanks to a recent feature article in The New Yorker. For those who don’t know about it, Soylent is a nutritionally complete drink invented by Rob Rhinehart, a Bay-Area engineer and entrepreneur. It […]
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There are people that are literally starving.. Soylent for them sounds like a godsend. This is a game changing technology, I really hope it sends up in the mouths of those who really need it most.
There's really no use-case for Soylent. It's a solution looking for a problem.
While it's interesting and I'd probably try it for a month whenever it becomes commercially available, there's no compelling reason why to choose Soylent over something like (for example) rice and beans, with the occasional multi-vitamin to make up for anything missing.
I guess time will tell if Soylent will work out or not.
No way would i eat it!
I use it occasionally and don't mind it. I didn't use it to replace food -- but I would say I have replaced roughly 50% of my meals with it. For me, soylent is pretty awesome because its one of the few things I can eat without feeling really uncomfortable afterward (tummy problems galore).
Nothing beats making your own meals or eating at an awesome restaurant. But if this powdery blah-tasting stuff will keep me from suffering after a "meal", I'll take it!