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Agree and came here to say as much. Devil's advocate, assuming limited resources for the program, it makes more sense to invest them in younger cohorts in term
by pmayrgundter 3y ago
Agree and came here to say as much.
Devil's advocate, assuming limited resources for the program, it makes more sense to invest them in younger cohorts in terms of total ROI to society.
However, surely doesn't satisfy the principle of equality under the law. Alas
- datavirtue 3y agoI don't know of anyone qualified to judge someones "ROI to society." That is a totally fucked up outlook. What next, eugenics?
- labster 3y agoThat is literally the job of politicians.
- pmayrgundter 3y agoThey said "qualified", heheh ;)
- dvasdekis 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_of_life#Estimates_of_the_value_of_life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_of_life#Estimates_of_the...
- something168581 3y agoWelcome to reality, population: everyone. Whether you like it or agree with it or not, the math has to be done at some point since we are not (yet?) a post-scarcity species. How do you think things like life insurance policies and wrongful death awards are calculated?
- l33t7332273 3y agoDeciding ROI to society is what the government does. Consider questions like: Why did we spend so much money trying on a Covid vaccine but not to cure gall bladder cancer? Why does eminent domain exist? Why do young men have to register for selective service?
- cbozeman 3y agoThey're called actuaries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actuary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actuary
- Dylan16807 3y agoI could see a very particular way of interpreting the ROI of a person that's offensive. But they were clearly talking about ROI of the job training.