I couldn't decide
Frankly, I couldn't decide between the two stories because I don't have enough evidence to choose. The problems with the second story are that living the same lifestyle won't not require the same amount of energy in the future, and the food choices we have are actually detrimental to our quality of life in terms of heart disease and the huge number of knee replacement surgeries being performed.
As far as turning left, many people practice system 1 thinking to accomplish that task, posing a danger to motorcyclists everywhere. (They don't "see" the motorcyclists because only automobiles jibe with the majority of their experience.)