The Anti-Malthusian

If I never got hungry, I'd rarely eat.

There's not much social or sexual pleasure from eating that cannot be gotten more efficiently.

If I had a nutrient-pack attached to my back that would certainly make me less addicted to food. If that pack managed nutrient levels so that I never felt cravings, even more.

I'm thinking food does provide social and sensual pleasures. Since the disconnect between the biological and sensual aspects of sex occurred (thanks to widely available/somewhat reliable contraception), obesity and fad diets have become an accepted part of our culture. Did the one lead to the other? I don't know. One way to test it would be to install those little food-techie nano-bot thingies in everyone, and see if you get a population of sex addicts??

Eating can only be enjoyed when One has the time to leisurely chew. I stopped off for lunch today, way behind, and finished off a bowl of Soup in ten minutes. That is not eating! Anything to organize a One-Meal a Day plan would be appreciated, especially not snubbing an old girlfriend who is the Waitress. lgl

My wife has a gastric problem which keeps her from eating solid food (or even liquid fats or alcohol) without becoming extremely sick.

In a way, she has already reached the position Kurzweil speaks of...just by surviving on Ensure.