I think there was a hope that an easy to eat mass produced product would finally allow for a simplification of diet without costing the same or more as a normal diet would cost.
That will always have my attention, but these products always seemed to be priced in a way that using them would cost just as much as normal food, I'm sure an economist would be pointing at a graph with two intersecting lines at this point. I get the argument, "well you were going to spend the money anyway, our product is more convenient, therefore it will be worth it to you."
I think most people would agree, I also think most people wouldn't valuate: risk, lock in, change, break of tradition, loss of a common comfort, ect. ect. ect.
They're never worth the value, and Soylent seemed like something that was just going to sell based on the components with margin for profit. I was excited.
That will always have my attention, but these products always seemed to be priced in a way that using them would cost just as much as normal food, I'm sure an economist would be pointing at a graph with two intersecting lines at this point. I get the argument, "well you were going to spend the money anyway, our product is more convenient, therefore it will be worth it to you."
I think most people would agree, I also think most people wouldn't valuate: risk, lock in, change, break of tradition, loss of a common comfort, ect. ect. ect.
They're never worth the value, and Soylent seemed like something that was just going to sell based on the components with margin for profit. I was excited.
bleeehh.