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  • Whatever

    I suspect you know exactly what the article was saying and are being obtuse about it.  That's fine if that's how you want to play it.

    Note: heart disease is not the only thing that causes heart attacks.On NYT says blogging can be deadly posted 1 year, 7 months ago 5 Responses

  • Oh please

    All due respect to Pollan and Waters, but I think they are grossly simplifying matters here.

    The problem is they aren't the ones simplifying matters here:  the article is grossly simplifying their message with a few quotes and you bought into it.

    The food system in the United States is completely off-kilter and what Pollan has been writing about for years now is finally becoming a bit more obvious to the general public.  

    And Waters (and some commenters) are completely correct that people are making poor choices in how they spend their money.  Good food choices are easily available to everyone.    However those people who aren't making wise food choices need to do some research (which is also easily available) and set their priorities.  Is it more important to have good food and health and spend more on that or have the newest shiny techno-bauble?  People could easily ditch the extra pair of Nikes or the latest $10/month fee for some service they don't really need.

    It amazes me how completely clueless most people are to food issues these days and its a shame considering the amount of information out there.  The only thing people want to do is bitch and moan about this stuff but they never seem to want to get off their asses and do something about it.On Why Michael Pollan and Alice Waters should quit celebrating food-price hikes posted 1 year, 7 months ago 27 Responses

  • Did you read the same story I did?

    Are you sure you aren't trying to turn your post into ad revenue?  Because that is not the conclusion in the NYT story at all. In fact the story itself says as much:

    To be sure, there is no official diagnosis of death by blogging, and the premature demise of two people obviously does not qualify as an epidemic. There is also no certainty that the stress of the work contributed to their deaths. But friends and family of the deceased, and fellow information workers, say those deaths have them thinking about the dangers of their work style.

    The story is not talking about blogging in general...its talking about the world of paid blogging centered around the tech industry and reading the stories of the people who did die (and the guy who had the heart attack but lived) their blogging career certainly did not contribute to their health.

    Before pointing your nose up in the air at the "lay media" why not actually read the story with more than a cursory glance?On NYT says blogging can be deadly posted 1 year, 7 months ago 5 Responses