alt Hacker News> Mass food production supposedly nourished more people: veggies today have 20% the minerals content they had 70y ago..the list go on and on.
I suggest you should have a look at malnutrition rates 100 years ago vs now. Without mass food production we would not be able to sustain even 50% of current population.
I have looked. Malnutrition has effected humanity throughout history. But it correlates more with systems than technological development.
I concede nutrient intake correlates with mass production we've seen in the last hundred years.
The argument is fallacious and prevails because it supports a certain narrative.