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Sorry, but an overwhelming amount of people commenting in here are extremely ignorant of the modern agri-food system.

The notion that robots and drones will eliminate monocultures and chemical inputs is wildly untrue. In some minor cases they will reduce the need.

It amazes me that software engineers think they have the panacea for whatever faults they see in our food system without a full understanding and history of it.

They involve human labor, just like every industrial process in existence. What's your point?

That's false. Homogeneity makes it easier to harvest, process, and store crops. It also drives perfect competition which brings cost down on the commodity market.

We're not moving away from nitrogen fertilizers. Ever. Why?

Look at the following three graphs: global population, staple crop yield, and nitrogen fertilizer application.

Now overlay them. That's why.

Also, there are myriad chemical inputs that cannot be removed simply due to free labor. Sure, a robot can pluck weeds, but what about fungal and bacterial diseases?

I'm not supporting the parasitic nature of landlords.

But the right to own land is an essential part of a functioning society. The idea that no one should be able to own land is ridiculous and does not work. There are plenty of examples of this all across the globe.

Except astroturfing is coordinated. It's not a conspiracy. The shills you mention are just people who are well-informed on nuanced topic. A topic that that seemingly affects everyone (because food), and therefore everyone chimes in.

Except most people don't know jack about modern food systems and its history. All they know is: big pharma bad, big ag bad, big food bad.

Is this an AI-generated comment? Nothing about the article mentions herbicide

Let's just take a pause and consider some key information:

-This is an association study

-If we CTLR+F "cause", "causing", "causal", etc, the only mention of causation is with extremely high levels of flouride and another mention with extremely high levels of glyphosate and zebrafish

Now let's zoom way out, and consider the use of glyphosate in general. If you plot grain yields over time compared to herbicide use over time and fertilizer use over time, you can see one thing quite clearly. The use of synthetic inputs, along with plant breeding and genetic engineering, has saved humanity from starvation and allowed unhindered growth.

Any experienced agriculturalist knows this. Any experienced commodity trader knows this. All this talk about commercial farming needing to be eradicated is fantasy talk. There are trade-offs to everything.

When you consider cost/acre and calories/acre, it is also abundantly clear that for all its flaws, modern industrial farming is a technological marvel.

When you look back into the history of herbicides, you can consider glyphosate to be way better than many of the past options. So things are definitely getting better.

As for the demonization of glyphosate, I would say that most of this literature is just provocative headlines for the sake of grant funding. It's very trendy to claim that glyphosate is causing X,Y, and Z. We saw the same thing with MSG as a food additive, and are still dealing with the proliferation of bad science, bad messaging, and a sticky belief system within genpop.

They aren't "kafkaesque political redefinitions". You are just choosing to use an overly simple definition because it supports your argument. The NBER determines recession based on a sophisticated methodology. One that considers the holistic status of the economy. This whole "two quarters of negative growth" is unga bunga economics

I think there's just a statistically reliable number of people who will carry X balance at Y interest rate, and card companies use perks as product differentiation so they can attract more users. If the perks somehow get even more people to ignore their balances, that's just a bonus. At the end of the day the card companies are competing against each other.

I wonder how much of this is just due to education. I know several people who make good money, but carry over absurd amounts on their cards each month, losing hundreds of dollars.

These same people have tens of thousands, probably more, in their savings. But for some reason they can't bring themselves to pulling a chunk of their savings out and zero-ing the debt.

I think they were taught that savings should only go up, but don't realize they're being totally fleeced by 20% interest rates.

The relationship between certain endurance training and arrhythmia seems to follow a J-curve.

No activity = higher risk // Moderate activity = lowest risk // Extreme activity = higher risk that increases with # of training hours

There's a few mechanisms: cardiac remodeling due to pressure and load, fibrosis, and vagal tone

This happened to me after years of 60-100 mile weeks combined with competitive weightlifting and rock climbing. Symptoms showed up, I got diagnosed, then received an ablation which solved the issue. I'm back to a high level but don't push it like I used to. Was probably doing >1500 training hours/year. Now I'm closer to 800-1000/year

That's an important correction, thanks.

Think of it this way. We are all accumulating plaque. Three things play a large role in the rate at which we accumulate plaque: bodyweight, diet, activity level. (Yes, I'm aware there are more variables, but these are most pervasive and influential)

It used to be that we managed these variables quite well until middle age. Now, we flout them at an early age, setting the course for early heart attacks.

No it's not. They clearly highlighted that SCA is an electrical problem, and MI is a plumbing problem. They just used it to point out that perhaps people will now start paying attention to heart diseases in those younger than 40.

Food system is a technical term and is distinctly different than the meat industry, which it encompasses. These companies certainly do not "control the food system"

Aren't we all just performing probablistic decision paths in our own minds? Would "feelings" improve decision accuracy in artificial systems?

True, but that hasn't stopped MSM in the past

Sometimes they are the ones doing it if their visa is on the line.

Your statement means nothing. Look up how much money Stanford receives through NSF, NIH, DoD, etc.

Since you are able to confidently say no, what factors are most influential?

Causality can go both ways

Would you agree that an influx of narcotics from our southern border has a lot to do with a rise in homelessness across the US?

They do though. I was a Pell Grant recipient. All I did was fill out the FAFSA and the grant was automatically applied. That got me through community college debt free.

When I transferred to a 4-year, I once again filled out the FAFSA and was eligible for an interest-free loan which covered the difference between tuition and my Pell Grant.

What is this quoting? Maybe I'm missing the point, but is your last sentence meant to describe the way modern farming has gone? Because tractors and general technology have made calories wildly abundant and cheap

With a reasonable amount of muscle mass, you don't need to reach as low of a body fat percentage to look fit. With regard to your original comment, yes there are millions of people who remain fit, lean, and without a "belly", as you put it, in older age.

Something like 6% of Americans actually live in a food desert. A worthy problem to solve, but a total strawman when it comes to addressing obesity and food choice behavior.

There are trashcans outside of practically every convenience store, which exist about every 100 feet. They don't expect you to go walking off eating or drinking whatever you just bought. People hang outside the store, eat/drink/smoke, discard their waste and carry on. It's just a different culture and societal expectation.

When in Rome.

This guy's content snuck into my youtube algo not long ago. He seems to have a real disorder that stems from age and time, permeating every aspect of his life. I know it sounds a bit judgemental, and everyone should be able to do as they please. Agreed. But if you look into him, he is actually peddling a lot of these gadgets and courses around anti-aging. The media attention he's getting is probably just lining his pockets even further

spoken like a true idealist