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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 26 January 2011 12:28:56PM *  3 points [-]

I spend $70 a month on entertainment. If I redirect this money I could save 7 people a month from a preventable premature death.

IIRC, the actual cost of saving a life is about $100-$1000, but certainly not $10.

Comment author: ata 26 January 2011 05:30:13PM *  3 points [-]

Unless you're willing to save expected lives instead of having a high chance of saving currently-existing lives, of course. (In which case (IIRC) the cost of saving around 8 expected lives is $1, by Anna Salamon's estimate.)

Comment author: jkaufman 20 March 2012 09:19:30PM 0 points [-]

How does she estimate $0.13 per expected life saved?

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