--- description: Technology will impact the food workforce of the future, could bulimia and other eating disorders be social contagions and more. title: Technology Will Impact the Food Workforce of the Future image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Five Best Ideas](/tag/five-best-ideas/) ## Five Best Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Technology Will Impact the Food Workforce of the Future by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 3, 2017 4:00 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 3, 2017 4:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**Technology will impact the food workforce of the future. Here’s how.**](http://civileats.com/2017/07/24/technology-could-make-or-break-the-food-workforce-of-the-future/ "undefined") By Craig Willingham at _Civil Eats_ **2\.** [**Could bulimia and other eating disorders be social contagions?**](http://nymag.com/scienceofus/article/how-bulimia-became-a-medical-diagnosis.html "undefined") By Lee Daniel Kravetz in the _Science of Us_ **3\.** [**Your mobile phone’s unlimited data plan might be slowing the whole network down.**](https://www.recode.net/2017/8/2/16069642/verizon-att-tmobile-sprint-mobile-customers-slow-speeds-unlimited-data-plan "undefined") By Rani Molla in _Recode_ **4\.** [**Without parking fees and traffic citations, cities could take a big hit when driverless cars rule the road.**](http://www.governing.com/topics/finance/gov-cities-traffic-parking-revenue-driverless-cars.html "undefined") By Mike Maciag in _Governing_ **5\.** [**This slug-inspired super-adhesive might some day save your life.**](http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/slugs-inspire-super-strong-glue-seal-wounds-180964226/ "undefined") By Kyle Frischkorn in _Smithsonian_  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4885659/technology-will-impact-the-food-workforce-of-the-future/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4885659/technology-will-impact-the-food-workforce-of-the-future/"},"headline":"Technology Will Impact the Food Workforce of the Future","datePublished":"2017-08-03T16:00:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:37.128Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4885659/technology-will-impact-the-food-workforce-of-the-future/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Innovation","Food","health","cell phone","driverless cars"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/five-best-ideas/","name":"Five Best Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4885659/technology-will-impact-the-food-workforce-of-the-future/","name":"Technology Will Impact the Food Workforce of the Future"}}]}] ```