Solarpunk

There is a sci-fi novella about the world after an infection causes people to be able to photosynthesize. It’s an interesting look at how economies change, advancements are possible, and politics fades; all because people are free from the need to earn money from someone else in order to buy food.

The title is escaping me. It’s from the late 1970s or 80s (maybe?). “The (name of large wild cat) (word for disease)”. Like “The Jaguar Plague” or “ The Leopard Pandemic”… it’s driving me nuts. Anyway, it’s available as a free pdf.

Very funky, worth reading.

I like this writing prompt/ thought exercise that you've proposed.

In your article, you mention the idea of a shared community kitchen, and it just kind of reminded me of experiences I've had at a regional "Burning Man"-like event.

Even though there are no food vendors on site, because most people follow the principle of radical self-reliance and gifting, there is always an abundance of very tasty food. Many times, I attended the event having brought freeze dried rations for myself, but only had to eat from my own stash a couple of times, and even then, mostly as a matter of choice.

I am sure that machine learning technologies are already at play in logistics and demand planning, and will only become moreso. I've read some opinions here and there that there should be a democratic element to demand planning, what do you think about that?

I feel like it was only a few years ago that I truly grasped the biodiversity of fruits. I love fruit, and I felt like I had explored many kinds of fruit, but I learned that in reality, I had only had the tiniest percentage of fruits that are out there. It definitely makes me want to be a fruit tourist.

We don't have food scarcity; we have capitalism and carnism.

(ok, there's a few countries where there is legitimate food scarcity within their borders. But borders are fictional social constructs, and they could be fed if it wasn't for capitalism)

And if we ever did encounter a situation where the calories produced globally is less than the colories needed globally (caused by the "green" revolution, monocultures, factory farming, etc), then the solution is easy: stop diverting human food to factory farms and go back to polyculutres (eg 3 sisters) instead of horribly inefficient petro-dependent agriculture.

This is great. Have you thought about sharing your work over at c/worldbuilding at https://slrpnk.net/c/worldbuilding@lemmy.ml ?