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This should be illegal.
Most of the articles like these are written by people entirely out of touch with life outside of a city. This author has lived in NY city their entire life.
Farming and agriculture are entirely sustainable practices even with climate change looming. It is only the methods we use that need to change. Overuse of fertilizers and pesticides, over-farming/tilling, and stupid crop rotations are to blame. The best way to get an insect resistant form of corn? Breed corn. Don't modify its genetics in a lab with the end goal of finding a strain that requires a petrochemical bath to survive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBRnPcZ8xUo
In hindsight, this may have been the better video to post.
If we want to socialize with someone, couldn't we just go to that person instead of a social media broker?
The tech of web 1.0 is limiting and less approachable for the average person. There is no reason to throw the baby out with the bath water.
We went down the rabbit hole of web 2.0 and it doesn't look like we will come back out. Web 3.0 feels dystopian.
Food trends are trends because they are profitable. The people telling you its healthy are those selling it to you.
The US must also move away from soy beans and corn syrup.
For games to be successful today, they need popularity. Twitch streamers need to play it. Youtubers need to make "how-tos", and word of mouth is king. Activision drove the final nail in their coffin with the PR nightmare this year. No amount of necromancy (Warcraft Reforged, Classic WoW, Diablo 2) can save the company long term.