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Wasting 10s of 5 billion people's time = 1585 years of life or 27 lives, but I think most would agree killing 27 people is far worse. You can't really equate th
by ZeroFries 7y ago
Wasting 10s of 5 billion people's time = 1585 years of life or 27 lives, but I think most would agree killing 27 people is far worse. You can't really equate the two.
- Scoundreller 7y agoThese comparisons happen all the time in government. Do you get more value out of spending $1m (ie: 100 000 person hours of taxes at $10/hr) on saving a few people's lives through improving a highway's safety, through a vaccination program, or an exercise program? Or just let people keep an extra $10, take an hour off work, and lose 0.0003% of their life (on average!) by increasing their risk of harm in a highway collision?