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Re:Daddy isn’t coming back by s1artibartfast on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @10:00PM (#29261546)
I get that there are different ways to price a human life. I was mostly curious about what you meant by this statement

>relative to the actual state of the world

"the actual state of the world" does translate to any definition I know.

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Re:Daddy isn’t coming back by huitzitziltzin on Thursday November 18, 2021 @10:51AM (#29266796)
“Actual” == “not counter factual” in this context. How about “the current state of the world” ?

Imagine two worlds:

1. The current/actual state of the world: far too many people commit suicide every year.

2. A counterfactual state of the world in which spending $10 billion on mental health services prevents 6,000 suicides in the UK.

A $50 billion welfare loss has been averted in (counterfactual) world 2, relative to (actual) world 1.

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