re: #94 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Our agricultural system also suffers under this paradox: up until the late 20th century, our challenge was to provide sufficient nutrition to a growing population.

Now obesity is more of health threat than malnutrition.

Excellent example. The supply side of the economics isn’t as much of a problem these days as the demand side. I think you might even be able to tie in the recent economic crisis too. Housing wasn’t in shortage, what got us was people taking out loans and equity from their houses that they couldn’t pay back. This mostly wasn’t done out of necessity. as long as we’re willing to overconsume there will be companies eager to help us do it.