From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Sun Apr 13 2003 - 14:05:28 MDT
There is a certain irony in that we are discussing paleolithic diets
here, and at the same time it shows one of the best things about
transhumanism. We take the long view, and acknowledge our evolutionary
past. Just because we can eat anything today doesn't mean it will do us
good, and the ancient ways might be better. However, we are not going
there because they are ancient, just because they fit our *current*
bodies. I would guess most people here would change diet to something
even better the day it appears (be it a smarter diet, some supplements
or a body change).
In the long run I guess the goal ought to be to enhance eating as much
as the rest of the human condition. Like sex was separated from
reproduction, we can separate nutrition from the aesthetics and culture
of eating. Right now this isn't possible, and that also brings
interesting challenges of weaving together food, lifestyle,
biochemistry, aesthetics and health into something workable - there is
plenty of room for individual expression here, as we are seeing. I
wonder if the future where these things are in themselves disentangled
(we get nutrition from nanofog, metabolic engineering keeps us slim and
healthy, food can be nanofactured or experienced virtually) how large
role there will still be for creating elegant compositions of the
available possibilities. Dieting habits as automorphic art.
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