Glen writes:
"If you're implying that the trade-off mentioned in that article is ethically sound, then I'd tend to agree." Yes, if you accept his premises, which of course I do not. Revenue is a free parameter that can be increased. Marcus ________________________________ From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> on behalf of ┣glen┫ <geprope...@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2017 12:47:16 PM To: FriAM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Help for texas On 09/10/2017 11:30 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote: > One could imagine cultures in which sick people are quickly euthanized > similar like sick pets. Or, in the interest of reducing taxes or debt, that > there was refusal > <http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article172024032.html> > to fund hurricane relief. Sure, there is no defining away that things are > connected, but what is valued by the whole can be redefined or localized. > > Another example is how large corporations sometimes break-up into smaller > companies, e.g. HP and HP Enterprise. It is not clear that rebuilding some > resorts on the east coast of Florida impacts me as much as, say, Brexit. > Funding for recovery in Houston might make gas a little cheaper or certain > domestic products, but such resources could also be routed from the middle > east or Asia. Now that nationalists are so influential, perhaps this a fine > opportunity for them to prove they care about how they circumscribe the > system. If you're implying that the trade-off mentioned in that article is ethically sound, then I'd tend to agree. It's useful to compare a) spending money on disaster relief/recovery versus b) spending money on the much longer-term, and slower percolating, amelioration of suffering that is "entitlement spending". Personally, I would tend to favor (b) over (a). Episodic/acute disasters are the type of thing that's *easier* to keep within our attention span ... much easier than, say, the systemic costs of diabetes or lost productivity in old age. The costs being addressed by (b) are much less evident, even in these times when the Boomers are starting to place serious drag on the system. So, my contrarian self would tend to emphasize (b), as the sheeple's short attention span is turned to (a). 8^) But, in the end, both cost categories will be paid one way or another. So, it's stupid to pay more attention to one over the other, really. -- ␦glen? ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
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