Re:A.I. And Big Data Could Power a New War on Poverty?
by weberc2 on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @05:11PM
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We can change that. Invest in men's health--research diseases that disproportionately kill men and incentivize safer employment options for men. If some group is dying disproportionately, we probably shouldn't say "Oh well, nothing we can do anything about that, let's focus on the group that is surviving".
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Re:A.I. And Big Data Could Power a New War on Poverty?
by nkrisc on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @07:15PM
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I'm talking about feeling sympathy for the dead more than the living.
Re:A.I. And Big Data Could Power a New War on Poverty?
by weberc2 on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @11:54PM
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Right, but the OP seemed to be asking whether men or women were the primary victims of high male mortality rates. Responding with "the men are dead and we can't do anything about it" seems cruelly fatalist. Like I mentioned, we actually could do something about it and help both groups (regardless of which group is the primary victim), but I think there's a sizable contingent who want to paint women as the primary victims of male mortality while at the same time arguing that we can't divert any public money/awareness from more important causes to address male mortality.