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Interpersonal valuation is a logical impossibility. Those guys are selling snake oil. I could easily make the point that 'standards of living' (interpersonal va
by unlmtd1 9y ago
Interpersonal valuation is a logical impossibility. Those guys are selling snake oil. I could easily make the point that 'standards of living' (interpersonal valuation assumption) have gone down. We have less clean air, less clean water, less forest, less cultivable land, less sea-life, etc, than ever in our history. Does anyone really think the Nile delta is now more beautiful than 100 yrs ago? Big-mouthed delusional priests, all of them.
- barney54 9y agoThis isn't the case in the United States. Air quality has increased for decades. https://www.epa.gov/air-trends https://www.epa.gov/air-trends
- nindalf 9y agoToday in 2017, how likely are you to die 1. Because you can't afford food? Or because the harvest failed or was stolen? 2. Because you're infected by a disease that can't be treated? 3. Because an army invaded your city/town and killed all able-bodied men and sold everyone else into slavery? 4. Because a natural disaster occurred - a hurricane/earthquake/tsunami and you no longer have a roof above your head? You show an appalling ignorance of history if you don't know that for all of recorded human history, death was always around the corner, even if you were one of the few people who were wealthy. Today the vast majority of humans simply do not have to worry about death _all the time_, like humans always have. All of the problems you mentioned are totally legitimate and we should be using all of our resources in solving these problems. But please don't imply that quality of life isn't better than it was 100 years ago for most people. > Big-mouthed delusional priests And keep abuse to a minimum, especially when your comment is so low quality.