I don't even understand the mindset of the question. It's like asking, if ingredients were added to the recipe, why did it get worse?

> I think we all know the answer to this: bad incentives.

Better technology, worse food quality, more profit.

Because we were all sold on the obviously naïve promise of techno utopianism which argued that via technology, we would all live in a more pleasant verdant and equitable world. Obviously, this has not been the case.

Have we tried adding bacon?

Because less is more.