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/
You mean the Croatian scientist or the company founded by Eberhard and Tarpenning?
You can probably work that out - one of them is much more often credited with inventing all of modern technology.
In my social bubble, neither really is. Honestly. Dead serious.
Nah my neighbour, Steve Tesla. He’s real smart. Found a way to get free cable