Comments on Optimizing the world: How much do you value your life?

The problem I find with this, is that if I take $2...

2008-06-09T12:50:00.000-07:00

The problem I find with this, is that if I take $20 for a micromort, then yes, my life would be worth $20 million. However I would not take $20 million to end my life. Why? Because I get to enjoy the $20, but would not get to enjoy the $20 million. A more interesting question would be, how much money would I take to end my life in say 10 years, 20 years? And so on...

If a plane goes off a runway, the airports have to...

2008-06-08T20:18:00.000-07:00

If a plane goes off a runway, the airports have to decide whether to lengthen the runway. The balance they have to strike is between the cost of lengthening the runway (including logistical costs, like re-routing planes during construction) and the insurance and litigation costs of dealing with a disaster.

Last time I heard, the air industry values life around $3 million.