Chukwuka Osakwe
@chukwukaosakwe
https://collabfund.com/blog/my-month-without-a-smartphone/
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Kent Babin
@kentb
Something similar happened with snack food. By discovering the "bliss point" - the right combination of sugar, salt, and fat - producers knowingly encouraged over-consumption and "addiction-like behaviors." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bliss_point_(food)
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Chukwuka Osakwe
@chukwukaosakwe
cc: @madisonsommer.eth and @keccers.eth it seems like we've discovered how to hack ourselves and we're just doing it for all the wrong reasons right now. very depressing because i don't see this trend changing soon.
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Madison Sommer
@madisonsommer.eth
Addiction like behavior is right! The big tobacco companies bought the food companies in the 1980s and the scientists got to work at engineering food to be more addictive. Essentially 5 companies own a majority of the food system
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Kent Babin
@kentb
Amazing the amount of money that has gone into it. Pretty sure kettle corn was a result of the research. 😆 Also remember hearing a story about scientists who gave sweetened peanut butter to mice. The mice literally couldn't stop eating.
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