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I actually do mostly agree on both points.
While i do support transhumanism. i can see the negative side of any implants coming from Elon(or any current techbros), security, compatibility, long term support, minimal medical testing.
The hope is that eventually replacement body parts coming from medical field with rigours safety features and testing become widely available. That will likely take decades or even lifetimes and i might not even see becoming a half mechanical cyborg during my lifetime.
Cooking is most definitely useful skill, no argument about that and it does play into efficiency by being cheaper (per meal basis) and it is easier to cook up a balanced meal from raw ingredients instead of trying to find a good ready made meal from the store. In addition the health aspect as well, a somewhat balanced meal cooked out of raw ingredients is likely going to be better for the body than ready made meals, obviously cooking methods do matter and in moderation.
The art and celebration part is too subjective and flys over my head completely. It's just food, do we celebrate plugging in a charger on our phones? is refueling the car an art form? No, neither is day to day eating, it's just refueling the body.
Though obviously there are people who do consider food an art and that's why this is a slightly controversial opinion.
It seems very human to me for a communal meal to lift morale, even though that's largely a thing of the past (especially now with money and captive markets). Maybe it's celebrating an accomplishment, maybe it's about meeting new people or having some fun, maybe it's just spending time with loved ones.
It doesn't even need to be an expensive or large gathering. Nice things are nice, I don't think this one needs a 1-hour video essay. Though yes I do see this as a maybe-weekly maybe-monthly maybe-yearly sort of thing depending on scale and circumstance, not every day.
It does make more sense when there is reason to celebrate, so maybe not much would change considering the bar (in USA) is extremely low right now.
Sidenote: I don't really drink or dance, so that might be an influence for my opinion here compared to modern parties