This is a really tough tradeoff - because we *do* treat lives as having monetary value. Let me present a series of polls in this twitter thread:https://twitter.com/Yascha_Mounk/status/1242657146392784896 …
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a demon magically lengthening people’s commutes if someone does or doesn’t die is not the same as weighing the economic v human impact of a pandemic? also, taking the polls seriously, it’s correlation more than causation. many variables unaccounted for.
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i’m not saying they’re not interesting or fun to ponder. these polls are interesting and thought provoking. but evidence they are not.
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Marxists have been explaining for years that in capitalism human lives are commoditized. It's just that the capitalists are explicitly saying it now too.
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