James_Miller comments on Rationality Quotes December 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Alejandro1 02 December 2013 04:20:15PM 35 points [-]

Most of the Headlines from a Mathematically Literate World. An example:

Our World: Hollywood Breaks Box Office Records with Explosions, Rising Stars.

Mathematically Literate World: Hollywood Breaks Box Office Records with Inflation, Rising Population.

Comment author: James_Miller 03 December 2013 02:49:55PM 11 points [-]

Mathematically and Economically Literate World: Rapid economic growth in India and China create record sales for low marginal cost information goods that achieve cross-cultural appeal by, for example, playing to base pleasures by displaying explosions and beautiful actors.