I could have sworn I heard something once about how fast food chains put addictive chemicals in their food. For me, I don't have an addictive personality. There's nothing in my life I feel addicted to other than fast food. It's weird. I know the food is dogshit and I can make tastier stuff at home. But I also think about getting fast food all the time and have to stop myself from ordering it a lot. It does kind feel like a dopamine hit when I open up a bag of fast food and start digging in.
holy crap. Imagine if all this technology, time, and effort was put towards something that actually benefited humanity
It was, and the result... Raman noodles.
It's an interesting question. Getting people the tastiest food possible on the cheap isn't in itself a bad thing. The problem is that that food is unhealthy and makes people fat. I wonder how much would it cost to make basically the same food but healthy or whether it's possible at all.