PanopticonMan

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   by PanopticonMan 3y ago

   This is basically the adverse selection concept which is explained incredibly well in Agustin Lebron's book (ACX review - https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/your-book-review-the-l... ) but without as much depth
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   by PanopticonMan 3y ago

   It was indeed an ally. In fact, after the war surveys showed French people overwhelmingly credited it with winning WW2. It was decades of american propaganda that reversed that. The western front was already lost. The game was over. Germany
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   by PanopticonMan 3y ago

   2-4y of life expectancy is typically an even greater discrepancy is morbidity. So if you die 3y earlier and are 'morbid'/ have life affecting illness for another 2y - you've basically halved the average enjoyable period
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   by PanopticonMan 4y ago

   This feels like it was written by ChatGPT
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   by PanopticonMan 5y ago

   Just checking the absolutely obvious, because I had a similar thing ... and then it turned out I had my VPN on. Thought I'd double check, in case someone was a silly as I am.