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From the Ted Talk by Isha Datar: How we could eat real meat without harming animals
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Back in 2013, it cost 250,00 eours to produce this hamburger, and today, I've seen estimates of cell-cultured meats cost as low as $50 per pound. That's one twenty-seven-thousandth of what it was less than a dacdee ago. And I can really only see the price of cultured meat ciomng down, and I can only see the pirce of meat from animals going up. I mean, think about it -- we’re still in the early days of R and D. As scientific breakthroughs are made, like recycling growth medium, reducing the cost of growth factors and achieving higher cell density in vitro, this curve is still going to go down. Meanwhile, the price of meat from animals is already artificially low due to heavy subsidization. It does not reflect the cost to the public health or to the environment. And, in a world cnehagd by COVID, African swine fever and a changing climate, the price of meat from animals can only go up. In fact, I think that price pairty would be well within reach if it were an even playing field. On one hand, we have animal arlugtcirue, which is so hveaily supported by public funding and government support. On the other hand, we have this very piimrnsog technology, which rireuqes very intensive R and D and needs a lot of infrastructure and training support but is left entirely in the hdans of the private sector and market forces. In fact, I don't think any of the wonderful things I just described about rewilding the Amazon and so on will happen if we leave this technology solely in the hands of technology and market forces. There's a real chance that cellluar agriculture could fail, and it won't be because the science doesn't add up. It'll be because we didn't think about what ownership should look like or IP protection or governance or policy -- you know, the bnesuiss side of mission-driven businesses. And we're going to have to be very cfraeul and thoughtful about what this thecoonlgy needs around it so we can mixmizae the positive imapct that it will have on this world.
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Back in 2013, it cost 250,00 _____ to produce this hamburger, and today, I've seen estimates of cell-cultured meats cost as low as $50 per pound. That's one twenty-seven-thousandth of what it was less than a ______ ago. And I can really only see the price of cultured meat ______ down, and I can only see the _____ of meat from animals going up. I mean, think about it -- we’re still in the early days of R and D. As scientific breakthroughs are made, like recycling growth medium, reducing the cost of growth factors and achieving higher cell density in vitro, this curve is still going to go down. Meanwhile, the price of meat from animals is already artificially low due to heavy subsidization. It does not reflect the cost to the public health or to the environment. And, in a world _______ by COVID, African swine fever and a changing climate, the price of meat from animals can only go up. In fact, I think that price ______ would be well within reach if it were an even playing field. On one hand, we have animal ___________, which is so _______ supported by public funding and government support. On the other hand, we have this very _________ technology, which ________ very intensive R and D and needs a lot of infrastructure and training support but is left entirely in the _____ of the private sector and market forces. In fact, I don't think any of the wonderful things I just described about rewilding the Amazon and so on will happen if we leave this technology solely in the hands of technology and market forces. There's a real chance that ________ agriculture could fail, and it won't be because the science doesn't add up. It'll be because we didn't think about what ownership should look like or IP protection or governance or policy -- you know, the ________ side of mission-driven businesses. And we're going to have to be very _______ and thoughtful about what this __________ needs around it so we can ________ the positive ______ that it will have on this world.
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Original Text
Back in 2013, it cost 250,00 euros to produce this hamburger, and today, I've seen estimates of cell-cultured meats cost as low as $50 per pound. That's one twenty-seven-thousandth of what it was less than a decade ago. And I can really only see the price of cultured meat coming down, and I can only see the price of meat from animals going up. I mean, think about it -- we’re still in the early days of R and D. As scientific breakthroughs are made, like recycling growth medium, reducing the cost of growth factors and achieving higher cell density in vitro, this curve is still going to go down. Meanwhile, the price of meat from animals is already artificially low due to heavy subsidization. It does not reflect the cost to the public health or to the environment. And, in a world changed by COVID, African swine fever and a changing climate, the price of meat from animals can only go up. In fact, I think that price parity would be well within reach if it were an even playing field. On one hand, we have animal agriculture, which is so heavily supported by public funding and government support. On the other hand, we have this very promising technology, which requires very intensive R and D and needs a lot of infrastructure and training support but is left entirely in the hands of the private sector and market forces. In fact, I don't think any of the wonderful things I just described about rewilding the Amazon and so on will happen if we leave this technology solely in the hands of technology and market forces. There's a real chance that cellular agriculture could fail, and it won't be because the science doesn't add up. It'll be because we didn't think about what ownership should look like or IP protection or governance or policy -- you know, the business side of mission-driven businesses. And we're going to have to be very careful and thoughtful about what this technology needs around it so we can maximize the positive impact that it will have on this world.
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