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It may be "disgusting" - but it's also statistics
It was sad when my grandfather died a couple years ago at 87 - but not exactly "unexpected"
Compare that to friends who lost their 18-year-old daughter before she graduated high school
Which one is shocking? Which one "hurts more"?
Deaths rates follow a bathtub curve - ultimately leading to a 100% mortality rate (ie, everyone dies eventually)
If you have to choose between saving a 5-year-old and an 85-year-old, the "smart money" says "save the kid"
If you don't have to choose, then by all means - save both
But that's not how economics works: choices must be made
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It may be "disgusting" - but it's also statistics
It was sad when my grandfather died a couple years ago at 87 - but not exactly "unexpected"
Compare that to friends who lost their 18-year-old daughter before she graduated high school
Which one is shocking? Which one "hurts more"?
Deaths rates follow a bathtub curve - ultimately leading to a 100% mortality rate (ie, everyone dies eventually)
If you have to choose between saving a 5-year-old and an 85-year-old, the "smart money" says "save the kid"
If you don't have to choose, then by all means - save both
But that's not how economics works: choices must be made