Eating Bugs One of the biggest worries for the upcoming years is the growth of the world’s population and how we will feed everyone. It is estimated that by the year 2050 the world’s population will be nine billion. So reliable alternatives for animal protein are in high demand, and one of the alternatives that has been researched is insects. Marcel Dickes speech “Why Not Eat Insects” filmed during the TEDGlobal 2010 explores the benefits of eating insects to gain protein. Dicke explains how the majority of the world is already dinning on insects, and that we that do not eat them on a day to day basis are the minority. Throughout his presentation, Dicke tries to convince the people who are seeking information about the issues involving the
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He discusses how he has dined on many different meals rich in insects, showing pictures of himself and the different foods he ate, and talking about how there are quite a lot of people dining on the same thing as him (2:22). This is a good thing to talk about since how could someone who has never eaten an insect purposefully, be qualified to talk about it. It also can give others the little push they need to try and eat a meal with insects in it, because people sometimes feel braver about trying something new after seeing someone else do it first. Dicke explains, “We could do with much, much less -- and I know, I've been a vegetarian for a long time, and you can easily do without anything. You'll get proteins in any kind of food anyway” (8:14). Stating that he is a vegetarian helps solidify his point about doing without and finding protein in other foods. Since a vegetarian gives up eating meat, they have to obtain the protein from other sources of food, which gives him a first person experience of what he is saying. Pulling from his own life experiences gives those listening that could help push his ideas forward the proof that he has knowledge of what he is talking about, which without would just make them words with no
He discusses how he has dined on many different meals rich in insects, showing pictures of himself and the different foods he ate, and talking about how there are quite a lot of people dining on the same thing as him (2:22). This is a good thing to talk about since how could someone who has never eaten an insect purposefully, be qualified to talk about it. It also can give others the little push they need to try and eat a meal with insects in it, because people sometimes feel braver about trying something new after seeing someone else do it first. Dicke explains, “We could do with much, much less -- and I know, I've been a vegetarian for a long time, and you can easily do without anything. You'll get proteins in any kind of food anyway” (8:14). Stating that he is a vegetarian helps solidify his point about doing without and finding protein in other foods. Since a vegetarian gives up eating meat, they have to obtain the protein from other sources of food, which gives him a first person experience of what he is saying. Pulling from his own life experiences gives those listening that could help push his ideas forward the proof that he has knowledge of what he is talking about, which without would just make them words with no