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Boom times in Silicon Valley call for hard work, and hard work — at least in technology land — means that coders, engineers and venture capitalists are turning to liquid meals with names like Schmoylent, Soylent, Schmilk and People Chow. The protein-packed products that come in powder form are inexpensive and quick and easy to make — just shake with water, or in the case of Schmilk, milk. While athletes and dieters have been drinking their dinner for years, Silicon Valley's workers are now increasingly chugging their meals, too, so they can more quickly get back to their computer work.
Demand for some of the powdered drinks, which typically mix nutrients like magnesium, zinc and vitamins, is so high that some engineers report being put on waiting lists of one to six months to receive their first orders. And the drinks are taking off across techie social circles. Venture capitalists have also poured money into the companies that offer the meal replacements, and investors including Alexis Ohanian, a founder of Reddit, count themselves as fans of the drinks.
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday May 27 2015, @01:29PM
You don't need to be a Silicon Valley revolutionary to choose Soylent. You just share a goal of transcending human limits.
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(Score: 5, Funny) by JeanCroix on Wednesday May 27 2015, @01:36PM
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 27 2015, @06:50PM
JeanCroix.... JC.... we are on you Mr. Denton!
(Score: 1) by rondon on Wednesday May 27 2015, @02:01PM
Real question - is this performance art or shilling? Or something else entirely?
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday May 27 2015, @02:08PM
It's performance shilling you can believe in.
I'm sympathetic to the Soylent cause, but I don't practice it. I just think "why would you want to give up food" is a stale, tasteless response.
Now replacing livestock with lab-grown meat, there's a worthy cause.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 27 2015, @04:05PM
"It's performance shilling you can believe in."
Golden. You, sir, win the internets for today,
(Score: 1) by acp_sn on Wednesday May 27 2015, @02:11PM
Enjoying sensual pleasures in moderation isn't detrimental to "transcending human limits".
Suffering isn't caused by physical discomfort, it is caused by lack of individual sovereignty.
If another person makes you to eat food you don't like by threat or force then the bad taste is suffering.
The choice between eating immediately available food that you like slightly less or waiting and being slightly hungry for a short time until more palatable food is available is the very definition of a trivial problem. If your goal is to transcend human limits then wasting energy worrying about other people's food isn't advancing that agenda.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 27 2015, @02:28PM
> Suffering isn't caused by physical discomfort, it is caused by lack of individual sovereignty.
Spoken by someone who has never experienced significant physical discomfort.
(Score: 2) by urza9814 on Wednesday May 27 2015, @03:32PM
Well...you can't just wait out the threat of malnutrition... ;)
(Score: 2) by dyingtolive on Thursday May 28 2015, @06:17AM
We should also remove free will. It leads to capriciousness suffering, the indulgence of vices, and would be quite optimal. Arguably, it would pave the way for enlightenment too. Why not?
Don't blame me, I voted for moose wang!
(Score: 2) by dyingtolive on Thursday May 28 2015, @06:20AM
Err, capriciousness COMMA suffering. See? If I lacked free will, i could have been implemented with a routine that forced me to click preview first!
Don't blame me, I voted for moose wang!