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I dunno, I use it all the time. Putting the danger of Covid-19 into micromort terms was a useful exercise for instance.
by Symmetry 3y ago
I dunno, I use it all the time. Putting the danger of Covid-19 into micromort terms was a useful exercise for instance.
- rootusrootus 3y agoUseful for what? Peace of mind? Or as a comparison, where you calculate the micromorts for taking a vaccine, or social distancing, etc?
- Symmetry 3y agoIn terms of deciding how careful to be about it. An interesting property of Covid is that getting it for the first time without vaccination is about the equivalent of a typical person's full actuarial Micromort budget for a year regardless of their age. That's a serious level of danger but not a terrifying one and worth some a good number of lifestyle changes until I got vaccinated but not every potential change.
- sdwr 3y agoWonderful, yeah, great way to put it into perspective. I hope everyone knows by now, but the media feeds off unbounded, hysterical-style risk. Putting a cap on the worst case (or average worst case) frees you from the fear of the unknown.