If you were never hungry, would you eat for enjoyment?
Absolutely, I would. The range of sensations available through the consumption food is second only to sex in its breadth and power and sensuality. Anyone who would forego that because it's "inconvenient" utterly baffles me.
I think a helpful parallel for this is alcohol consumption. I'm a huge cocktail nerd: I love tinkering with them and admiring them, finding complexity and nuance in slight variances in recipes and ingredients, admiring the deep levels of possibility in preparing a great drink. If anything, the drunkenness is a distraction from the mixology.
And at the same time, there are people who drink only when they want to get drunk -- or who abstain altogether, not liking the bite of alcohol or the consequence it conjures. And that's totally normal.
I think it's more likely than not that at some point in the future, eating food will be the same way -- there will be a pronounced spectrum of interest once it's decoupled from the need for subsistence.
I derive enjoyment from getting hungry and eating, I even derive enjoyment from getting tired and sleeping.
The texture of life is varying psycho-physiological states. What is fun without these? Well, other things are fun too but missing the experience of a great meal after a hard days work seems just sad.
ps: didn't mean to vote you to negative, I expected your post to have a positive score and to give an "I disagree" downvote.
>>If you were never hungry, would you eat for enjoyment?
Eating tasty, whole some food is one of the biggest joys of life.
>>Soylent's premise is that you have time to do other fun or profitable things instead of making time for a meal.
Your productivity problems will come due many other factors than breaking for a meal. If anything breaking for a meal will ensure you will come back and work with a lot more focus.
If you were never hungry, would you eat for enjoyment?
Soylent's premise is that you have time to do other fun or profitable things instead of making time for a meal.