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Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Ok. Good info. Maybe that wasn't a good example. What about car accidents? 2.2M injured every year. Mandate that all cars be fully autonomous by 2030 - that number drops by a factor of 10 (100?). Or ban gas cars? We've just seen smog disappear in Italy and China when people don't drive. The increase in air quality alone would probably save/lengthen millions of lives, and probably would better the lives of many people who have to live with problems caused by poor air quality. All of these things are significantly less costly than what we are doing right now.
ETA: my background in econ pretty much makes my brain look at the cost/benefit of things. I know it's a robotic way of looking at things. But if Dumbledore is allowed to think about "for the greater good," then so am I.
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I have no doubt there are other things we can do that would have a big impact on longevity, quality of life, etc. I mean, the climate crisis could have devastating impacts that we aren't paying attention to because they are 20-30 years away, so your 2.2M number could be a fraction of the lives at issue.
But in context, the markets aren't wrong to consider this a big fucking deal. Do nothing and we're screwed. Do everything and we're still screwed, but hopefully a lot less.
