Food Technology: A Recipe for Loneliness, Redesign for Connection  |  Pooja Kumar, MBA ’27 @stanfordgsb
Food Technology: A Recipe for Loneliness, Redesign for Connection  |  Pooja Kumar, MBA ’27  @stanfordgsb
Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Food technology is feeding the loneliness epidemic. The digital food world, engineered meal replacements, and delivery and calorie-tracking apps are replacing one of our most human rituals: eating together. Food technology should protect the social fabric that gives meals their relational currency, not erode it. Speaker: Pooja Kumar, MBA '27

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Food Technology: A Recipe for Loneliness, Redesign for Connection  | Pooja Kumar, MBA ’27

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