> Third, it is one of the foremost examples of hacking diet.
> Fourth, the HN audience is a key audience of early adopting efficiency seekers.
There is nothing new about Soylent, apart from the unethical crowd-funding[1] and easy access to the public.
Liquid total meal replacements are common and have existed for a log time and are available from Amazon. They don't always push the total replacement aspect because lawyers and I guess because they never expected anyone to want to do so, but people live off existing products and have done so for years.
[1] "puts you in perfect health" and other unethical claims which seem to have been quietly dropped.
That is the main thing that is quite new. And also that extended meal replacement has not typically been marketed to this audience. Both of these are pretty huge, IMO.
> Fourth, the HN audience is a key audience of early adopting efficiency seekers.
There is nothing new about Soylent, apart from the unethical crowd-funding[1] and easy access to the public.
Liquid total meal replacements are common and have existed for a log time and are available from Amazon. They don't always push the total replacement aspect because lawyers and I guess because they never expected anyone to want to do so, but people live off existing products and have done so for years.
[1] "puts you in perfect health" and other unethical claims which seem to have been quietly dropped.