I think it's mostly the same reason sales people get paid a lot. It's that the calculation is straightforward and obvious, mostly because it never requires an e

I think it's mostly the same reason sales people get paid a lot. It's that the calculation is straightforward and obvious, mostly because it never requires an exchange between conceptually different values. Adding translation steps like "lives lost" => USD introduces a lot of conflict and ambiguity. So we tend to fail at it.