The Chair of Opportunity

Abstract

Would you rather have youth, or power and money? In this work of philosophical short story fiction, a 20-something software engineer, after an extensive physical exam, is brought into meet the elderly head of the mega-corporation he works for. The wheelchair bound owner makes him an offer; they will switch bodies. The wealthy tycoon gets the young man’s body, and nothing else, while the young man gets the old man’s body and all the wealth and power that comes with it in the remaining years. The young software engineer has a sister in need of money medical expenses, and he thinks of all the good he could do. He accepts the offer and they switch bodies. The young man almost immediately regrets his decision.

Price-, Taste-, and Convenience-Competitive Plant-Based Meat Would Not Currently Replace Meat (journal version)

“…Alternative proteins including plant-based meats, like the Beyond Sausage or Impossible Burger, and cultivated meats have been identified as important means of reducing the public health, 1 environmental, 2 and animal welfare harms associated with excessive animal-based meat production and consumption. 3 By providing potentially competitive alternatives, these products are hypothesized to displace the consumption of animalbased meats.…”