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Well obviously if the choices were simply "Push button A to get money, or push button B to get more money" then everyone would push button B. But in reality t
by klipt 9y ago
Well obviously if the choices were simply
"Push button A to get money, or push button B to get more money"
then everyone would push button B. But in reality there are other factors. Like "button B has a slightly higher chance of injuring you". Or "button B can only be pushed late at night".
It's entirely possible that people are biologically programmed to have different risk/effort/reward preference curves.
- pbiggar 9y agoYou've hit the nail on the head with "button B can only be pushed at night". If we set up society such that it's riskier for one group to access good earning potential, basically the definition of systemic bias. To be more concrete here, if it's unsafe for women to drive uber at 2am on a Friday night because of the risk of assault, that's systemic bias (and it should be fixed).
- klipt 9y agoI don't know about violence in Ubers specifically, but in general statistically men are more likely to be the victim of violent attacks than women. If men are simply more willing to face those risks for money than women, how do you fix that (apart from trivial theoretical solutions like "remove all violence")?
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- olleromam91 9y agoIf there were no incentive to do the riskier, arguably more critical jobs...then nobody would do them.