Minimizing suffering with the power of arithmetic
Categories: Economics
Americans were asked to estimate wealth distribution. Then they were shown the actual numbers. The gap between perception and reality was larger than the wealth gap itself. Which is saying something, because the wealth gap is roughly the size of the Grand Canyon.
It's like if you thought your neighbor had two cars, but it turns out they have a dealership.
Watch what happens when you show people the math. Spoiler alert: They get sad.
Enjoyed the cheerful statistics? There is a whole book of them: How to End War and Disease, a plan to redirect 1% of military spending, $27 billion a year, from ending lives to extending them.
That buys pragmatic trials that cut drug development costs 82x and save an estimated 416 million lives. So far, approximately zero generals have returned our calls.
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