albeola comments on Rationality Quotes May 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: albeola 06 May 2012 09:07:11PM 7 points [-]

instead of covering pending legislation or the impact it could have on your life

If "impact on your life" is the relevant criterion, then it seems to me Wong should be focusing on the broader mistake of watching the news in the first place. If the average American spent ten minutes caring about e.g. the Trayvon Martin case, then by my calculations that represents roughly a hundred lifetimes lost.

Comment author: homunq 20 May 2012 01:03:47PM 7 points [-]

You have a funny definition of "lost". By that measure, JRR Tolkien is worse than a mass-murderer.