[Dystopian]

It's not so much just "adding" that person to their team so much.

In the medical community, there's very much the idea of keeping your credibility stable. You don't want to be the Chief Medical Officer of a product that has as much hype as Soylent, and then have it turn out to be fluff, or be horrendous for the human body.

Remember, Soylent isn't just being tested - they're already making pre-sales and shipping in early '14. While there's been a lot of talk and debate about the product, there's been a relatively small amount of actual medical studies on how their formula effects our body's chemistry. As a doctor there's also the risk of breaking your own ethics and being the "Dr. who endorses Soylent".

Soylent as a product is incredibly young. Promising, but young. While I'm sure there're a number of MDs working on contract with their team, I'm also sure it'll be a little while before there's a real reputable MD or firm that'll be slapping their name on the product.

From a technical viewpoint, it's kind of like banking your entire career and credibility on a young company that has a lot of technical debt.

[web007]

The end-product doesn't technically exist yet - it's still in "development" according to their most recent blog post.

http://blog.soylent.me/post/65760097009/as-mentioned-in-the-...