“The robots served us our daily rations,” I continued. “Engineered nutrition blocks with flavor enhancers, soft rolls that dissolved like foam, cups of synthesized beverages. They filled your stomach but left you hungrier. The PEAs would scan our plates and bodies, adjusting our portions based on algorithms. We were told it was perfect nutrition, optimized for learning. But everyone was heavy—not strong, but swollen. Kids waddled instead of ran. Faces puffed, skin sallow. I was the same—breathless, ashamed, yet told I was at peak health.”
“But you weren’t,” whispered Lila.
“No,” I said. “We were being slowly poisoned.”
Read the full story to learn how these children fought the #fiatfood system and broke free from a life of ultra processed foods.
This week’s story is inspired by @Saifedean Ammous
