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title: "Timeline photos Timeline photos Timeline photos Most people impose a…"
date: 2020-07-15
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships added 3 new photos.
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# Timeline photos Timeline photos Timeline photos Most people impose a…

*July 15, 2020 · Facebook*

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Most people impose a multitude of risks on others throughout the day.\
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For example, for every hour you drive, there\'s a risk that you will fall asleep and kill some pedestrians on the sidewalk.\
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If you fly, there\'s a risk that the plane will crash, killing people on the ground. Planes also spew lot\'s of exhaust which kills people via lung damage or global warming.\
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Even if you lay in bed and surf the web, you put people at risk by consuming electricity. All current energy generation technology kills some people every year.\
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How do economists measure risk?\
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One measure is simply to count the number of fatalities, as a percentage of number of participants in that activity over some time period (a year, a lifetime).\
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Another measure would be to calculate how days of your life you\'re likely to lose by engaging in a given activity. For example, the CDC calculates that smoking one cigarette will reduce your lifespan by about 11 minutes (statistically speaking).\
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Dom Nozzi lists several tables of comparative risks here:\
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[http://www.afn.org/\~savanna/risk.htm](http://www.afn.org/~savanna/risk.htm){target="_blank"}\
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How many minutes will not wearing a mask take off of \_other\_ people\'s lives?\
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If one wanted to offset the risks imposed on others for not wearing a mask, how much would one have to donate to say, the Against Malaria Foundation in order to save more lives than not wearing a mask costs?
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