lab grown meat is a vaguely EA/rationalist/self IDed neolib meme. in theory it will save the environment (ok) and prevent suffering (yay) in a way that concentrates capital (double yay) and involves a lot of tech magic (triple yay).
hot luigi is a big fan apparently. seeing this discussed reminded me of this excellent article which shreds the concept of mass produced lab grown meat. I haven’t really seen this circulate much over the years, but it is really a masterwork of grift dissection. please enjoy
archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20241208141305/https://thecounter.org/lab-grown-cultivated-meat-cost-at-scale/
The article doesn’t say anything interesting in the first place.
“Start-ups optimistic about future of their product, wish for public investment, expert disagrees.”
That’s about it
you really should have read the article
“I’m going to double down on not reading this article herpa derpa gerpa poop” that’s you. Please fuck off