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wasoxygen  ·  1322 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What Young, Healthy People Have to Fear From COVID-19

The evidence is not conclusive, yet we must draw conclusions about how to live.

What might Socrates say, if Socrates were an economics professor?

Caplan is one of the few people I have seen explain what he is doing and why using quantitative risk analysis, the way we should decide how much junk food to eat, how often we see the doctor, or when to spend more for a safer car. Everything is a trade-off.