Comparing the relative value of lives makes for grisly calculus, but one is forced to ask: are we missing the forest for the trees? If the measures we undertake to protect a vulnerable few end up exposing them, along with the rest of society, to even more damaging risks—was it worth the cost? [More]While not directly related, I remember some Horiuchi defender(s) getting really mad at me for asking a cost/benefit question about the FBI Hostage Rescue Team.
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Well, both grown-ups and engineers understand the principle of cost/benefit analysis. An optimization.
ReplyDeleteBeing a grown-up is always on-topic.
Or you could be the other David. Hogg.