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PeerInfinity comments on Rational Terrorism or Why shouldn't we burn down tobacco fields? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: PeerInfinity 14 October 2010 08:12:22PM *  2 points [-]

This confluence of ideas made me realise that we are making life and death decisions every time we spend $1000 dollars. I'm not sure where I will go from here.

Here's a blog post I found recently that discusses that idea further

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