Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Waste: The Price You Pay for Choice

Waste, as in wasted food, is a subject reaching the news.  See this Treehugger post 

I have to believe that more waste occurs in the food distribution channels, including restaurants, than in the kitchens of America. 

In the spirit of Warren Buffett's education reform idea (fix the system by assigning pupils entirely at random, after banning all private schools and home schooling), my suggestion to avoid food waste:

When shopping for vegetables and fruit in the store, always choose the oldest and ugliest available. When ordering in the restaurant, always order the least popular entree.

Don't want to follow my choice rules? That's because they eliminate choice, eliminate freedom. Choice necessarily involves waste.





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