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It really looks like you're comparing the lives of human beings to young people having fun. What's the exchange rate? Should we remove the laws about driving
by philsnow 6y ago
It really looks like you're comparing the lives of human beings to young people having fun. What's the exchange rate?
Should we remove the laws about driving while intoxicated? That's just another form of reckless endangerment that leads to loss of life.
- jdminhbg 6y ago> It really looks like you're comparing the lives of human beings to young people having fun. What's the exchange rate? It's the Quality-Adjusted Life Year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality-adjusted_life_year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality-adjusted_life_year
- philsnow 6y agoyikes, that's chilling. > The method of ranking interventions on grounds of their cost per QALY gained ratio (or ICER) is controversial because it implies a quasi-utilitarian calculus to determine who will or will not receive treatment.
- jdminhbg 6y agoHardly chilling. Simply pretending tradeoffs don't exist doesn't make them go away.
- ndiscussion 6y agoCertainly not. This isn't about fun. This is about giving our youth a normal life. I hate using this term but we're going to see a huge rise in incels, and that will probably lead to massive bloodshed.
- tomp 6y agoShould we be driving at all? After all, every second spent driving a car is equivalent to you killing someone with a low probability.
- notsureaboutpg 6y agoDriving has productivity benefits. Dating doesn't. Actually marriages are stronger in societies where people don't date to find partners