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This is a perfect example of the effects of "optimization by proxy" that was discussed in the lesswrong article posted here yesterday. The examples are really

by lutorm 16y ago

This is a perfect example of the effects of "optimization by proxy" that was discussed in the lesswrong article posted here yesterday. The examples are really countless, auto crash tests and insurance safety ratings is a pretty good one, whereby "safety" has come to mean "safety to the occupants without any consideration of the risks to others".

Robin_Message 16y ago
Actually, the European crash safety tester does include pedestrian safety in its ratings: http://www.euroncap.com/Content-Web-Page/6019e175-a493-4cce-bb94-df5bee4656bb/pedestrian-protection.aspx http://www.euroncap.com/Content-Web-Page/6019e175-a493-4cce-...