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According to the Brave New World, the answer is drugs.

Don't forget the orgies

I still don't quite understand how BNW was a dystopian novel.

The more I learn about the modern food industry, the more I’m convinced we are already there.

I mean, what is a Snickers or a Big Mac ? Food ? Or a compound of the highest rewarding substances (sugar, fat and salt) for the human brain ?

(Also smartphones and social networks but I’ll stop there before writing a paper)

How many people do you know who wouldn't care about any of life's problems if they could get a Big Mac?

A lot. Me included. A lot of people eat caloric food to compensate for stress. It’s a very documented behavior and it’s just a different poison from cigarettes or alcohol to get some lacking dopamine.

Then it activates the same reward mechanisms in your brain and then you are stuck.

Yes it’s short time relief, but that’s no different than any other drug and this one is legal and cheap.

That's yes difference that it's short time relief. And you're already caring about the problem now. In fact, it's even possible that you can be caring about that because you've had a Big Mac to reduce your stress. In the context of this discussion, drugs mean something preventing you from doing this. The Big Mac is just junk food.

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