> They all seem to be based on this assumption that traditional farming/food production is antiquated and inefficient, and that what the industry needs is clever outsiders to come in and re-invent it with the latest technologies. And they all just seem to go nowhere.
* The car wasn't invented by insiders from the horse-drawn carriage industry.
* Electric lighting wasn't invented by insiders from the candle industry.
* Airplanes weren't invented by insiders from the balloon industry.
* The development of the modern smartphone wasn't driven by insiders from the mobile phone industry.
* The development of reusable orbital rockets wasn't driven by insiders from the rocket industry.
> And in my view it's all based on a flawed premise: that farming needs any kind of technological revolution. It just doesn't. It's mostly fine.
That's exactly the kind of bias that makes industry insiders (usually) unable to revolutionize their own field. Sure, many outsiders will fail, but they'll at least try, and one of them might actually succeed.
However, I believe it can be very beneficial - maybe even essential - to have experienced advisors from the established industry, provided that they haven't lost the ability to see and recognize the problems and inefficiencies of "doing it the old way".
* The car wasn't invented by insiders from the horse-drawn carriage industry.
* Electric lighting wasn't invented by insiders from the candle industry.
* Airplanes weren't invented by insiders from the balloon industry.
* The development of the modern smartphone wasn't driven by insiders from the mobile phone industry.
* The development of reusable orbital rockets wasn't driven by insiders from the rocket industry.
> And in my view it's all based on a flawed premise: that farming needs any kind of technological revolution. It just doesn't. It's mostly fine.
That's exactly the kind of bias that makes industry insiders (usually) unable to revolutionize their own field. Sure, many outsiders will fail, but they'll at least try, and one of them might actually succeed.
However, I believe it can be very beneficial - maybe even essential - to have experienced advisors from the established industry, provided that they haven't lost the ability to see and recognize the problems and inefficiencies of "doing it the old way".