The Micromort concept is explored thoroughly and very enjoyable in the book 'The Normal Chronicles' by David Blastland and Michael Spiegelhalter. It's well wort

The Micromort concept is explored thoroughly and very enjoyable in the book 'The Normal Chronicles' by David Blastland and Michael Spiegelhalter. It's well worth checking out. Blastland was one of the creators of the excellent 'More or Less' on the BBC that looks at how numbers are used and mostly abused by the media, politicians and everyone else. Spiegelhalter is a prof of stats. The book addresses a number of the criticisms that have been leveled at the concept in comments here. They also talk about the 'microlife' which is what you get by exercising or whatever. They also acknowledge the problems with these ideas as well.