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“Maximizing the most good for the most number of people” can lead to repugnant conclusions when applied at-scale
Erik Hoel • EconTalk on Apple Podcasts
To relate prices to quantities of goods consumed,
Luis M. A. Bettencourt • Introduction to Urban Science: Evidence and Theory of Cities as Complex Systems
(By the way, that is a good general principle with statistics: be careful jumping to any conclusions if the differences are smaller than say, roughly, 10 percent.)
Ola Rosling • Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think
"... we live in the most important century for humanity."
Holden Karnofsky • All Possible Views About Humanity's Future Are Wild
Almost all SDG goals measure an underlying factor of an improving society
Bjorn Lomborg • Best Things First
during the Malthusian regime where resource gains are fully used to grow the population—
Luis M. A. Bettencourt • Introduction to Urban Science: Evidence and Theory of Cities as Complex Systems
In effective-population-adjusted terms, we generally see pretty steady declines after any given area hits its initial peak.
Holden Karnofsky • Where's Today's Beethoven?
who are assumed to want to maximize their utility10 U,