Thrasymachus comments on The Mere Cable Channel Addition Paradox - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Thrasymachus 01 August 2012 12:13:50AM 1 point [-]

[Second anti-average util example]:

It also means that if the average value of a population is below zero, adding more lives that are below zero (but not as far below zero as the average of the population) is a good thing to do.