[notahacker]

Much of the produced food is thrown away because it's no longer considered fit to eat, however. And scarcity also takes into account the where. Malnourished people in poor countries might happily eat bread which is past its 'sell by' date in rich countries' supermarkets, or even the slightly burned leftovers from my plate, but there isn't a distribution system to get it there (and the resources needed to transport that food to them whilst the food is still edible genuinely are scarce)

[Bakary]

I've written a lengthier response to that in the conversation tree, but the gist of it is that it is a political choice whereas the OP sarcastically alluded to a physical problem (mana from heaven, which we already have thanks to tech)

The problem is that the massive tech surplus is captured and not allocated to make life less hellish.

[chordalkeyboard]

> the gist of it is that it is a political choice

I disagree, it is economic reasoning.

> The problem is that the massive tech surplus is captured and not allocated to make life less hellish.

What massive tech surplus is there that could move food across the ocean for free?