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What modern life makes hard about choosing better food
May 19 • Mike Lee
Economic Law is Not Natural Law
We wrote the rules of profit. We can rewrite them.
May 12 • Mike Lee
A New Blueprint for Big Food
Stop fighting the profit motive. Redirect it.
May 5 • Mike Lee

April 2026

The Enshittification of Big Food
A digital-economy idea explains why the food on your shelf keeps getting worse
Apr 28 • Mike Lee
Antifragile by Design
The food system works exactly as designed, but it's the design that's the problem.
Apr 21
Fragile by Design
The food system was built with chokepoints. So was almost everything else.
Apr 14 • Mike Lee
Digital Leverage
On vibecoding, Billie Eilish, and food's DIY software opportunity
Apr 7 • Mike Lee

March 2026

On Glyphosate
The most used herbicide in history might be killing us. Banning it might be worse.
Mar 31 • Mike Lee
The Human Cost of What You Eat
We know everything about the food. We know almost nothing about the people who made it.
Mar 24 • Mike Lee
Four New Horsemen for the Good Food Movement
What's actually coming for the good food movement in 2026 and beyond
Mar 17 • Mike Lee
We Need to Talk About Food Products
A CEO bit into a burger and reminded us what fast food actually is
Mar 10 • Mike Lee
The Splintering of the American Diet
On purity spirals, creator armies, and where dietary tribalism goes from here
Mar 3 • Mike Lee
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