Lab meat

The meat of the future will most likely be lab-grown.

Compared to our conventional methods of getting meat on the table, lab-grown meat debuted in 2013

It doesn’t involve slaughtering of animals

It requires less environmental resources 28x less land, 11x less water

Beef production makes 25% of global land use

Most successful method: harvesting stem cells from cows

• muscle tissue is harvested from a live animal (muscle+fat cells)
• scientists separate the cells, which are dissected and cultured (put into an artificial environment)
• 1 stem cell → 1 trillion stem cells
• they form tiny myotubes and placed in a ring of gel → strands of muscle tissues
• layered together to a specific shape (hamburger patty)

Differences

• lab-grown meat is paler in color
• blander in taste → fair trade for an efficient way to create protein

Price: 325k → 11 USD per patty (0.79 is for real meat)

Rolex watch

Our man ordered the Rolex watch because he had been intrigued by seeing Rolex watches on it on American Airlines pilots.

He has the original documentation, two receipts (order and payment), brochures, the blank guarantee paper, the box and the foil sticker

It’s produced for a short period of time, and because it has no wear on it, it’s worth is 500-700k USD.