That model breaks when you don't have perfect knowledge of whether or not you will perish. Therefore in every practical situation we are forced to assign a finite cost to risk. And generally people tend to prefer tiny increases to societal risk over compromising their personal comfort.
Isn't it neat.. I mean stupid.
I saw a quote today from Vonnegut: "We’ll go down in history as the first society that wouldn’t save itself because it wasn’t cost-effective."
Saving yourself is always cost effective…
In fact no matter the costs, the cost of not saving yourself is infinite.
Explaining this to fossil fuel advocates is surprisingly challenging.
That model breaks when you don't have perfect knowledge of whether or not you will perish. Therefore in every practical situation we are forced to assign a finite cost to risk. And generally people tend to prefer tiny increases to societal risk over compromising their personal comfort.
Rationally, yes. Humans are too often irrational.
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