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Well, it's a bit contrived, but look at the math with our numbers. 1/100th of a life is worth maybe (at least) $100,000 in present day US society. $100K/3 = $33
by perl4ever 7y ago
Well, it's a bit contrived, but look at the math with our numbers. 1/100th of a life is worth maybe (at least) $100,000 in present day US society. $100K/3 = $33.3K/month. That's $400K per year. I imagine that I'm creating less value doing what I'm doing now, and probably so are you. So, yes, it seems like a logical person would choose to sacrifice for that. Not everybody should, and currently, indeed some people are going about their jobs more normally. But overall, it makes perfect sense for most according to reasonable estimated costs vs benefits.