[NH_2]

I get that lab meat is largely considered a transcendent technological solution to the ethical dilemma of slaughtering livestock, but at the same time I can't help but think that this dooms chickens and cows to obsoletion and eventual extinction.

[sfilipov]

I think the demand for real chicken/beef will go down but there always will be people who buy "organic", "real", etc.

[Falling3]

I'd love to see existing meat subsidies moved to either vegetables or lab-grown meat. That would certainly help to further shrink the market of people who need the "real" stuff.

[CaptSpify]

Is that a bad thing? Weren't they basically bred into their current state simply because it makes them easy for us to consume?

[RogtamBar]

Same is true for humanity.

Technology marching on is dooming us to becoming obsolete. Already there are people who are effectively unemployable. Once this is extended to the majority.. it won't be pretty. Life of leisure has driven even high-status people bonkers. Once it is a mass phenomenon, it's not going to be pretty.

[Falling3]

What's wrong with that? Species shouldn't exist at the expense of the individuals it comprises.