What makes us fragile is that institutions cannot have the same virtues (honor, truthfulness, courage, loyalty, tenacity) as individuals.
Taleb
We depend on governments to :
1. Tax food. Some foods more than others. Protein is taxed more than carbohydrates and fat.
2. Support farmers cause it’s a difficult and often thankless job for those on the fields especially on insufficiently large tracts of farm land
3. Build infrastructure for food to be moved around quickly, safely without spoiling
4. Incentivise industry to create more jobs to process food
5. Ensure food is safely produced
6. Ensure food contains what it says it does
7. Ensure labels are consistent with what a food does
Some of those ‘priorities’ will take precedence. Safe to assume ensuring citizens are getting enough calories is number one priority. The poorer the populace, the higher the priority that everyone has enough to eat.
Seven may not seem like a big number. But it is.
Takeaway
Even if you hire a coach, app, have a smartwatch or smart ring, have an elaborate gym, you need to be decisive and have good judgement.
Entirely outsourcing your judgement and decision making to coaches, apps and governments to tell you what is right for you through labels and advisories is childish and unsustainable.
Having some sense of understanding and sense of proportion for food choices and activity choices without constant handholding, gamifying, distracting or stupefying those experiences is the only way to make it sustainable.