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A better world through data. There’s less than a 0.00001% chance that your vote will be the tiebreaker that decides the outcome of a national elections.You are more likely to be injured in a car accident driving to the polls (0.002% chance). USPS HAS RECEIVED OVER $45 BILLION FROM TAXPAYERS TO As of 2020, the cost to you for a stamp is $0.55.Junk mailers enjoy a 65% discount as the USPS bulk mail rate given to them is only $0.19.. The United States Postal Service fulfills a THINK BY NUMBERS
A better world through data. There’s less than a 0.00001% chance that your vote will be the tiebreaker that decides the outcome of a national elections.You are more likely to be injured in a car accident driving to the polls (0.002% chance). FELICIFIC CALCULUS
The felicific calculus is an algorithm for calculating the degree or amount of pleasure that a specific action is likely to cause. The algorithm is also known as the utility calculus, the hedonistic calculus and the hedonic calculus. Variables, or vectors, of the pleasures and pains included in this calculation, which Bentham called “elements” or “dimensions“, were: Intensity: How HOW MUCH DOES THE GOVERNMENT SPEND PER PERSON? The entire US Federal Budget alone is $4.4 trillion and the US population is 328,316,410. Dividing the US budget by the US population produces $13,401 in federal spending per American. $1.87 trillion in state spending produces $5,695 per person in state government spending. $1.99 trillion in local spending produces $6,061 per person in local government spending. Total GET SOCIETY RICH QUICK: THE IDEAL LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING It is commonly claimed that government spending is good for the economy, but the statistics show the opposite. Most recent studies find a negative correlation between total government size and economic growth. Why is economic growth important? Because wealthier societies are generally happier societies.. No matter how good things get for us, we always want more. WHEN THE GOVERNMENT PRINTS NEW MONEY, WHO GETS IT? The primary recipients of newly created money are currently banks and corporations who are able to borrow from the Fed almost 0% interest and
$1.5 TRILLION HAS BEEN WASTED ON A DRUG WAR THAT HASN'T I would also like to make it completely clear that I abhor the use of the majority of illegal drugs. The adverse health effects and insidious addiction that comes along with drugs like cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin have destroyed countless lives. FINANCIAL SECTOR COSTS US MORE THAN ANY OTHER SECTOR IN The financial sector receives more of the average paycheck than any other sector of the economy ($2 Trillion). I investigative why this might be the case.
WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF AIG BAILOUT HADN'T BEEN ALLOWED? AIG Bailout: The average household in US had to shell out around $2000 to make sure that AIG's counter-parties wouldn't have to accept the risks they took.
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A better world through data. There’s less than a 0.00001% chance that your vote will be the tiebreaker that decides the outcome of a national elections.You are more likely to be injured in a car accident driving to the polls (0.002% chance). USPS HAS RECEIVED OVER $45 BILLION FROM TAXPAYERS TO As of 2020, the cost to you for a stamp is $0.55.Junk mailers enjoy a 65% discount as the USPS bulk mail rate given to them is only $0.19.. The United States Postal Service fulfills a THINK BY NUMBERS
A better world through data. There’s less than a 0.00001% chance that your vote will be the tiebreaker that decides the outcome of a national elections.You are more likely to be injured in a car accident driving to the polls (0.002% chance). FELICIFIC CALCULUS
The felicific calculus is an algorithm for calculating the degree or amount of pleasure that a specific action is likely to cause. The algorithm is also known as the utility calculus, the hedonistic calculus and the hedonic calculus. Variables, or vectors, of the pleasures and pains included in this calculation, which Bentham called “elements” or “dimensions“, were: Intensity: How HOW MUCH DOES THE GOVERNMENT SPEND PER PERSON? The entire US Federal Budget alone is $4.4 trillion and the US population is 328,316,410. Dividing the US budget by the US population produces $13,401 in federal spending per American. $1.87 trillion in state spending produces $5,695 per person in state government spending. $1.99 trillion in local spending produces $6,061 per person in local government spending. Total GET SOCIETY RICH QUICK: THE IDEAL LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING It is commonly claimed that government spending is good for the economy, but the statistics show the opposite. Most recent studies find a negative correlation between total government size and economic growth. Why is economic growth important? Because wealthier societies are generally happier societies.. No matter how good things get for us, we always want more. WHEN THE GOVERNMENT PRINTS NEW MONEY, WHO GETS IT? The primary recipients of newly created money are currently banks and corporations who are able to borrow from the Fed almost 0% interest and
$1.5 TRILLION HAS BEEN WASTED ON A DRUG WAR THAT HASN'T I would also like to make it completely clear that I abhor the use of the majority of illegal drugs. The adverse health effects and insidious addiction that comes along with drugs like cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin have destroyed countless lives. FINANCIAL SECTOR COSTS US MORE THAN ANY OTHER SECTOR IN The financial sector receives more of the average paycheck than any other sector of the economy ($2 Trillion). I investigative why this might be the case.
WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF AIG BAILOUT HADN'T BEEN ALLOWED? AIG Bailout: The average household in US had to shell out around $2000 to make sure that AIG's counter-parties wouldn't have to accept the risks they took.
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A better world through data. The NET outcome of lives saved minus lives lost is likely between 11,000 and 115,000 additional deaths each decade due to added delays and costs of the regulatory process. THINK BY NUMBERS
A better world through data. Research has also found that autistic children often experience chronic gastrointestinal problems a lot more frequently than children without autism. THINK BY NUMBERS
A better world through data. There’s less than a 0.00001% chance that your vote will be the tiebreaker that decides the outcome of a national elections.You are more likely to be injured in a car accident driving to the polls (0.002% chance). THINK BY NUMBERS
A world without disease, starvation, violence, and suffering is the ultimate destination of humanity. Getting there will require voters to base their decisions on statistical cost-benefit analyses instead of irrational emotions. ARE MOST MUSLIMS TERRORISTS? ARE MOST TERRORISTS MUSLIM FACT: Suicide terrorism is NOT primarily a product of Islamic fundamentalism. This is evidenced by the fact that 42% of suicide terrorist attacks from 1981 to 2000 were perpetrated by non-Muslims. Before the Iraq and Afghanistan invasions, the world’s leading practitioners of suicide terrorism are the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is a SECULAR Marxist US FINANCIAL CRISIS: WHO KILLED THE ECONOMY? The cause of the US financial crisis is simple. It's debt. This is a very simple and graphical evidence-based explanation of what caused the collapse.
WE HAVE ENOUGH NUCLEAR BOMBS TO KILL EVERYONE 2.6 TIMES A 10 kiloton nuclear weapon can kill 1.32 million people. The 15,000 nuclear weapons globally could cause 19,500 megadeaths. ALGONOMY: A FRAMEWORK FOR DEALING WITH SUFFERING From algosphere.org: ALGONOMY : A FRAMEWORK FOR DEALING WITH SUFFERING. A ll major spheres of human activity deal in one way or another with suffering:. politics HOW MANY NET LIVES DOES THE FDA SAVE? Some studies have estimated 5,000 to 10,000 lives saved each decade by preventing dangerous drugs from making it to market. This was done by looking at pre-FDA deaths in the US and deaths in foreign countries without an FDA.
WEALTH INEQUALITY IN AMERICA Infographics on the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of inequality and the
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There’s a 0.00001% Chance that Your Vote Will Matter. There’s less than a 0.00001% chance that your vote will be the tiebreaker that decides the outcome of a national elections.You are more likely to be injured in a car accident driving to the polls (0.002% chance). Hence, if you are trying to make a practical improvement in your life and USPS HAS RECEIVED OVER $45 BILLION FROM TAXPAYERS TO As of 2020, the cost to you for a stamp is $0.55.Junk mailers enjoy a 65% discount as the USPS bulk mail rate given to them is only $0.19.. The United States Postal Service fulfills a FELICIFIC CALCULUS
The felicific calculus is an algorithm for calculating the degree or amount of pleasure that a specific action is likely to cause. The algorithm is also known as the utility calculus, the hedonistic calculus and the hedonic calculus. Variables, or vectors, of the pleasures and pains included in this calculation, which Bentham called “elements” or “dimensions“, were: Intensity: How HOW MUCH DOES THE GOVERNMENT SPEND PER PERSON? The entire US Federal Budget alone is $4.4 trillion and the US population is 328,316,410. Dividing the US budget by the US population produces $13,401 in federal spending per American. $1.87 trillion in state spending produces $5,695 per person in state government spending. $1.99 trillion in local spending produces $6,061 per person in local government spending. Total WHEN THE GOVERNMENT PRINTS NEW MONEY, WHO GETS IT? Then Citigroup repays the Fed 0.25% interest. $100 billion x 0.25% = $0.25 billion interest repaid to Fed. $19 billion gross profit – $0.25 billion costs of borrowing = $18.75 billion net profit. As I said, in reality, they actually got $2.6 trillion or 26 times more than that. 26
GET SOCIETY RICH QUICK: THE IDEAL LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING It is commonly claimed that government spending is good for the economy, but the statistics show the opposite. Most recent studies find a negative correlation between total government size and economic growth. Why is economic growth important? Because wealthier societies are generally happier societies.. No matter how good things get for us, we always want more. I AM BIASED.
Political Labels = Intellectual Prisons You can call me whatever you want (and people do). A liberal, a conservative, a libertarian. Just don’t call me late for dinner! The only label I’d be comfortable giving myself is utilitarian. I think that voters basing their political decisions based on statistics instead of emotion will facilitate the minimization FINANCIAL SECTOR COSTS US MORE THAN ANY OTHER SECTOR IN The financial sector receives more of the average paycheck than any other sector of the economy. Its share of the economy totals $2 trillion dollars. In 1985, the financial sector earned less than 16% of domestic corporate profits. Today, it’s over 40%. In the 1960s, finance and insurance accounted for only 4% of GDP, whereas in 2007 finance
$1.5 TRILLION HAS BEEN WASTED ON A DRUG WAR THAT HASN'T What’s worse, the money you are stealing from me isn’t even having any impact on the level of illicit drug use. You are just tearing apart thousands of families for no reason. Addiction rates are at exactly the same level that they were before we spent $1.5 trillion dollars on “drug control measures”. US FINANCIAL CRISIS: WHO KILLED THE ECONOMY? The massive increase in the level of consumer debt before the recent financial crisis bears a striking resemblance to another period in economic history. That other period of unprecedented borrowing occurred just before 1929. Twin Peaks didn’t make it very clear who killed Laura Palmer, but they make it pretty obvious who killed the US economy.
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There’s a 0.00001% Chance that Your Vote Will Matter. There’s less than a 0.00001% chance that your vote will be the tiebreaker that decides the outcome of a national elections.You are more likely to be injured in a car accident driving to the polls (0.002% chance). Hence, if you are trying to make a practical improvement in your life and USPS HAS RECEIVED OVER $45 BILLION FROM TAXPAYERS TO As of 2020, the cost to you for a stamp is $0.55.Junk mailers enjoy a 65% discount as the USPS bulk mail rate given to them is only $0.19.. The United States Postal Service fulfills a FELICIFIC CALCULUS
The felicific calculus is an algorithm for calculating the degree or amount of pleasure that a specific action is likely to cause. The algorithm is also known as the utility calculus, the hedonistic calculus and the hedonic calculus. Variables, or vectors, of the pleasures and pains included in this calculation, which Bentham called “elements” or “dimensions“, were: Intensity: How HOW MUCH DOES THE GOVERNMENT SPEND PER PERSON? The entire US Federal Budget alone is $4.4 trillion and the US population is 328,316,410. Dividing the US budget by the US population produces $13,401 in federal spending per American. $1.87 trillion in state spending produces $5,695 per person in state government spending. $1.99 trillion in local spending produces $6,061 per person in local government spending. Total WHEN THE GOVERNMENT PRINTS NEW MONEY, WHO GETS IT? Then Citigroup repays the Fed 0.25% interest. $100 billion x 0.25% = $0.25 billion interest repaid to Fed. $19 billion gross profit – $0.25 billion costs of borrowing = $18.75 billion net profit. As I said, in reality, they actually got $2.6 trillion or 26 times more than that. 26
GET SOCIETY RICH QUICK: THE IDEAL LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING It is commonly claimed that government spending is good for the economy, but the statistics show the opposite. Most recent studies find a negative correlation between total government size and economic growth. Why is economic growth important? Because wealthier societies are generally happier societies.. No matter how good things get for us, we always want more. I AM BIASED.
Political Labels = Intellectual Prisons You can call me whatever you want (and people do). A liberal, a conservative, a libertarian. Just don’t call me late for dinner! The only label I’d be comfortable giving myself is utilitarian. I think that voters basing their political decisions based on statistics instead of emotion will facilitate the minimization FINANCIAL SECTOR COSTS US MORE THAN ANY OTHER SECTOR IN The financial sector receives more of the average paycheck than any other sector of the economy. Its share of the economy totals $2 trillion dollars. In 1985, the financial sector earned less than 16% of domestic corporate profits. Today, it’s over 40%. In the 1960s, finance and insurance accounted for only 4% of GDP, whereas in 2007 finance
$1.5 TRILLION HAS BEEN WASTED ON A DRUG WAR THAT HASN'T What’s worse, the money you are stealing from me isn’t even having any impact on the level of illicit drug use. You are just tearing apart thousands of families for no reason. Addiction rates are at exactly the same level that they were before we spent $1.5 trillion dollars on “drug control measures”. US FINANCIAL CRISIS: WHO KILLED THE ECONOMY? The massive increase in the level of consumer debt before the recent financial crisis bears a striking resemblance to another period in economic history. That other period of unprecedented borrowing occurred just before 1929. Twin Peaks didn’t make it very clear who killed Laura Palmer, but they make it pretty obvious who killed the US economy.
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A better world through data. The NET outcome of lives saved minus lives lost is likely between 11,000 and 115,000 additional deaths each decade due to added delays and costs of the regulatory process. WHY THINK BY NUMBERS? Numbers cannot lie. A world without disease, starvation, violence, and suffering is the ultimate destination of humanity. Getting there will require voters to base their decisions on statistical cost-benefit analyses instead of irrational emotions. The power of numbers can make utopia a reality. The Others Your mind has been infiltrated. Your logical and conscious prefrontal THINK BY NUMBERS
3,222 Americans have been killed in terrorist attacks from 9/11/2001 through 12/31/2016, including perpetrators and excluding deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq. 3,081 of these deaths occurred on American soil. 2,902 of these deaths occurred during the attacks on September 11, 2001. This is an average of 214 deaths per year. As of August 2016, the
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The US accounts for about 37 percent of total global military spending, but only represents 4.4 percent of the world’s population. World military spending totaled more than $1.6 trillion in 2015. I AM BIASED.
Political Labels = Intellectual Prisons You can call me whatever you want (and people do). A liberal, a conservative, a libertarian. Just don’t call me late for dinner! The only label I’d be comfortable giving myself is utilitarian. I think that voters basing their political decisions based on statistics instead of emotion will facilitate the minimization ALGONOMY: A FRAMEWORK FOR DEALING WITH Algonomy is a framework that allows to deal with knowledge and action about suffering through a discipline that is proper to that phenomenon. Of course, it touches upon a large variety of domains, most particularly psychology, philosophy, religion, politics, health, justice, and the social services. However, algonomy clearly distinguishes
WEALTH INEQUALITY IN AMERICA Wealth Inequality in America. Post author By. Post date March 3, 2013. 0 Comments. Infographics on the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of inequality and the actual numbers. The reality is often not what we think it is. ← Drink by Numbers! → A Utilitarian Party ANTI-TERRORISM SPENDING 50,000 TIMES MORE THAN ON ANY Anti-Terrorism Spending 50,000 Times More Than on Any Other Cause of Death. The US spends more than $500 million per victim on anti-terrorism efforts. However, cancer research spending is only $10,000 per victim. Evolutionary psychology may offer an explanation for this irrational threat amplification. Post author By. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF AIG BAILOUT HADN'T BEEN ALLOWED? On April 2nd, Hank Greenberg, former CEO of AIG, testified before congress that the taxpayer would have been much better off if the government had allowed AIGFP to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy. (Video of Testimony) Greenberg Congressional Testimony on AIG Bailout Bankruptcy Option. Through this process, AIGFP would be broken up and sold off. A MORE PROGRESSIVE TAX SYSTEM MAKES PEOPLE HAPPIER A new study comparing 54 nations found that the more progressive the tax policy is, the happier the citizens are. From medicalnewstoday.com: The way some people talk, you’d think that a flat tax system – in which everyone pays at the same rate regardless of income – would make citizens feel better than more progressive taxation, where
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There’s a 0.00001% Chance that Your Vote Will Matter. There’s less than a 0.00001% chance that your vote will be the tiebreaker that decides the outcome of a national elections.You are more likely to be injured in a car accident driving to the polls (0.002% chance). Hence, if you are trying to make a practical improvement in your life and USPS HAS RECEIVED OVER $45 BILLION FROM TAXPAYERS TO As of 2020, the cost to you for a stamp is $0.55.Junk mailers enjoy a 65% discount as the USPS bulk mail rate given to them is only $0.19.. The United States Postal Service fulfills a ECONOMICS ARCHIVES
The financial sector receives more of the average paycheck than any other sector of the economy. Its share of the economy totals $2 trillion dollars. In 1985, the financial sector earned less than 16% of domestic corporate profits. Today, it’s over 40%. In the 1960s, finance and insurance accounted for only 4% of GDP, whereas in 2007 HOW MUCH DOES THE GOVERNMENT SPEND PER PERSON? The entire US Federal Budget alone is $4.4 trillion and the US population is 328,316,410. Dividing the US budget by the US population produces $13,401 in federal spending per American. $1.87 trillion in state spending produces $5,695 per person in state government spending. $1.99 trillion in local spending produces $6,061 per person in local government spending. Total WHEN THE GOVERNMENT PRINTS NEW MONEY, WHO GETS IT? Then Citigroup repays the Fed 0.25% interest. $100 billion x 0.25% = $0.25 billion interest repaid to Fed. $19 billion gross profit – $0.25 billion costs of borrowing = $18.75 billion net profit. As I said, in reality, they actually got $2.6 trillion or 26 times more than that. 26
GET SOCIETY RICH QUICK: THE IDEAL LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING It is commonly claimed that government spending is good for the economy, but the statistics show the opposite. Most recent studies find a negative correlation between total government size and economic growth. Why is economic growth important? Because wealthier societies are generally happier societies.. No matter how good things get for us, we always want more. I AM BIASED.
Political Labels = Intellectual Prisons You can call me whatever you want (and people do). A liberal, a conservative, a libertarian. Just don’t call me late for dinner! The only label I’d be comfortable giving myself is utilitarian. I think that voters basing their political decisions based on statistics instead of emotion will facilitate the minimization FINANCIAL SECTOR COSTS US MORE THAN ANY OTHER SECTOR IN The financial sector receives more of the average paycheck than any other sector of the economy. Its share of the economy totals $2 trillion dollars. In 1985, the financial sector earned less than 16% of domestic corporate profits. Today, it’s over 40%. In the 1960s, finance and insurance accounted for only 4% of GDP, whereas in 2007 finance
$1.5 TRILLION HAS BEEN WASTED ON A DRUG WAR THAT HASN'T What’s worse, the money you are stealing from me isn’t even having any impact on the level of illicit drug use. You are just tearing apart thousands of families for no reason. Addiction rates are at exactly the same level that they were before we spent $1.5 trillion dollars on “drug control measures”. US FINANCIAL CRISIS: WHO KILLED THE ECONOMY? The massive increase in the level of consumer debt before the recent financial crisis bears a striking resemblance to another period in economic history. That other period of unprecedented borrowing occurred just before 1929. Twin Peaks didn’t make it very clear who killed Laura Palmer, but they make it pretty obvious who killed the US economy.
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There’s a 0.00001% Chance that Your Vote Will Matter. There’s less than a 0.00001% chance that your vote will be the tiebreaker that decides the outcome of a national elections.You are more likely to be injured in a car accident driving to the polls (0.002% chance). Hence, if you are trying to make a practical improvement in your life and USPS HAS RECEIVED OVER $45 BILLION FROM TAXPAYERS TO As of 2020, the cost to you for a stamp is $0.55.Junk mailers enjoy a 65% discount as the USPS bulk mail rate given to them is only $0.19.. The United States Postal Service fulfills a ECONOMICS ARCHIVES
The financial sector receives more of the average paycheck than any other sector of the economy. Its share of the economy totals $2 trillion dollars. In 1985, the financial sector earned less than 16% of domestic corporate profits. Today, it’s over 40%. In the 1960s, finance and insurance accounted for only 4% of GDP, whereas in 2007 HOW MUCH DOES THE GOVERNMENT SPEND PER PERSON? The entire US Federal Budget alone is $4.4 trillion and the US population is 328,316,410. Dividing the US budget by the US population produces $13,401 in federal spending per American. $1.87 trillion in state spending produces $5,695 per person in state government spending. $1.99 trillion in local spending produces $6,061 per person in local government spending. Total WHEN THE GOVERNMENT PRINTS NEW MONEY, WHO GETS IT? Then Citigroup repays the Fed 0.25% interest. $100 billion x 0.25% = $0.25 billion interest repaid to Fed. $19 billion gross profit – $0.25 billion costs of borrowing = $18.75 billion net profit. As I said, in reality, they actually got $2.6 trillion or 26 times more than that. 26
GET SOCIETY RICH QUICK: THE IDEAL LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING It is commonly claimed that government spending is good for the economy, but the statistics show the opposite. Most recent studies find a negative correlation between total government size and economic growth. Why is economic growth important? Because wealthier societies are generally happier societies.. No matter how good things get for us, we always want more. I AM BIASED.
Political Labels = Intellectual Prisons You can call me whatever you want (and people do). A liberal, a conservative, a libertarian. Just don’t call me late for dinner! The only label I’d be comfortable giving myself is utilitarian. I think that voters basing their political decisions based on statistics instead of emotion will facilitate the minimization FINANCIAL SECTOR COSTS US MORE THAN ANY OTHER SECTOR IN The financial sector receives more of the average paycheck than any other sector of the economy. Its share of the economy totals $2 trillion dollars. In 1985, the financial sector earned less than 16% of domestic corporate profits. Today, it’s over 40%. In the 1960s, finance and insurance accounted for only 4% of GDP, whereas in 2007 finance
$1.5 TRILLION HAS BEEN WASTED ON A DRUG WAR THAT HASN'T What’s worse, the money you are stealing from me isn’t even having any impact on the level of illicit drug use. You are just tearing apart thousands of families for no reason. Addiction rates are at exactly the same level that they were before we spent $1.5 trillion dollars on “drug control measures”. US FINANCIAL CRISIS: WHO KILLED THE ECONOMY? The massive increase in the level of consumer debt before the recent financial crisis bears a striking resemblance to another period in economic history. That other period of unprecedented borrowing occurred just before 1929. Twin Peaks didn’t make it very clear who killed Laura Palmer, but they make it pretty obvious who killed the US economy.
THINK BY NUMBERS
A better world through data. The NET outcome of lives saved minus lives lost is likely between 11,000 and 115,000 additional deaths each decade due to added delays and costs of the regulatory process. WHY THINK BY NUMBERS? Numbers cannot lie. A world without disease, starvation, violence, and suffering is the ultimate destination of humanity. Getting there will require voters to base their decisions on statistical cost-benefit analyses instead of irrational emotions. The power of numbers can make utopia a reality. The Others Your mind has been infiltrated. Your logical and conscious prefrontal THINK BY NUMBERS
3,222 Americans have been killed in terrorist attacks from 9/11/2001 through 12/31/2016, including perpetrators and excluding deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq. 3,081 of these deaths occurred on American soil. 2,902 of these deaths occurred during the attacks on September 11, 2001. This is an average of 214 deaths per year. As of August 2016, the
MILITARY ARCHIVES
The US accounts for about 37 percent of total global military spending, but only represents 4.4 percent of the world’s population. World military spending totaled more than $1.6 trillion in 2015. I AM BIASED.
Political Labels = Intellectual Prisons You can call me whatever you want (and people do). A liberal, a conservative, a libertarian. Just don’t call me late for dinner! The only label I’d be comfortable giving myself is utilitarian. I think that voters basing their political decisions based on statistics instead of emotion will facilitate the minimization ALGONOMY: A FRAMEWORK FOR DEALING WITH Algonomy is a framework that allows to deal with knowledge and action about suffering through a discipline that is proper to that phenomenon. Of course, it touches upon a large variety of domains, most particularly psychology, philosophy, religion, politics, health, justice, and the social services. However, algonomy clearly distinguishes
WEALTH INEQUALITY IN AMERICA Wealth Inequality in America. Post author By. Post date March 3, 2013. 0 Comments. Infographics on the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of inequality and the actual numbers. The reality is often not what we think it is. ← Drink by Numbers! → A Utilitarian Party ANTI-TERRORISM SPENDING 50,000 TIMES MORE THAN ON ANY Anti-Terrorism Spending 50,000 Times More Than on Any Other Cause of Death. The US spends more than $500 million per victim on anti-terrorism efforts. However, cancer research spending is only $10,000 per victim. Evolutionary psychology may offer an explanation for this irrational threat amplification. Post author By. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF AIG BAILOUT HADN'T BEEN ALLOWED? On April 2nd, Hank Greenberg, former CEO of AIG, testified before congress that the taxpayer would have been much better off if the government had allowed AIGFP to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy. (Video of Testimony) Greenberg Congressional Testimony on AIG Bailout Bankruptcy Option. Through this process, AIGFP would be broken up and sold off. A MORE PROGRESSIVE TAX SYSTEM MAKES PEOPLE HAPPIER A new study comparing 54 nations found that the more progressive the tax policy is, the happier the citizens are. From medicalnewstoday.com: The way some people talk, you’d think that a flat tax system – in which everyone pays at the same rate regardless of income – would make citizens feel better than more progressive taxation, where
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U.S. stocks gained 21% for the first two years of the Trump administration. versus 71.2% in the first two... Read more
WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF THE OPIOID CRISIS? Mike P. Sinn
Deaths from opioids have increased by 753% since 1999, but deaths from cocaine and methamphetamines have increased by approximately... Read more
WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF THE OPIOID CRISIS? Mike P. Sinn
Deaths from opioids have increased by 753% since 1999, but deaths from cocaine and methamphetamines have increased by approximately... Read more
WHAT WAS THE POPULATION WHEN THE UNITED STATES WAS ESTABLISHED? Mike P. Sinn
There were about 2.5 million people living in the United States' original 13 States in 1776. Read more
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HAS POLITICAL POWER BECOME MORE DECENTRALIZED OVER TIME? Mike P. Sinn
Over the last 60 years, the number of democracies has doubled and the number of autocracies has been cut... Read more
HOW MUCH MONEY IS THERE IN THE WORLD? Mike P. Sinn
In 2017, the entire world produced about $127.8 trillion of wealth (GDP).
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HOW MUCH TIME DO PEOPLE SPEND CONSUMING NEWS? Mike P. Sinn
The average American spends about 70 minutes per day consuming news. Read more
WHAT PERCENT OF ECONOMISTS SUPPORT PROTECTIONIST TARIFFS? Mike P. Sinn
0% of economists expressed support for tariffs in a recent poll. Read more
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HOW MANY AMERICANS ARE KILLED BY TERRORISTS? Mike P. Sinn
3,222 Americans have been killed in terrorist attacks from 9/11/2001 through 12/31/2016, including perpetrators and excluding deaths in Afghanistan...
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HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE? Mike P. Sinn
Worldwide, nearly 44 million people have Alzheimer’s or related dementia. An estimated 5.8 million Americans of all ages are... Read more
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HOW MUCH DO WE SPEND ON THE MILITARY? Mike P. Sinn
Military Spending By Country Over Time Read more
PRIORITIZE YOUR TO-DO LIST BY CONVERTING TO PRESENT VALUE Mike P. Sinn
Prioritize Your To-Do List By Converting Costs and Benefits To Present Value There is an infinite number of ways you... Read more
FECAL TRANSPLANT REDUCES AUTISM SYMPTOMS 45% Mike P. Sinn
Research has also found that autistic children often experience chronic gastrointestinal problems a lot more frequently than children without...
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AMERICANS SPEND MORE ON WEIGHT LOSS PRODUCTS THAN IT WOULD TAKE TO END WORLD HUNGER
Mike P. Sinn
Americans spend more than $60 billion annually to try to lose weight, on everything from paying for gym memberships... Read more
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YOU’RE 14 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE OF CANCER THAN FROM AN OPIOID OVERDOSE
Mike P. Sinn
You have a 1 in 96 chance of dying of an opioid overdose. You have a 1 in 7...
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LESS REM SLEEP LINKED TO DEMENTIA Mike P. Sinn
The people who developed dementia spent an average of 17 percent of their sleep time in REM sleep, compared... Read more
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HOW MUCH DOES THE US SPEND ON THE MILITARY COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE WORLD?
Mike P. Sinn
The US accounts for about 37 percent of total global military spending, but only represents 4.4 percent of the world’s... Read more
HOW MUCH DOES THE GOVERNMENT SPEND PER PERSON? Mike P. Sinn
The entire US Federal Budget alone is $4.4 trillion and the US population is 328,316,410. Dividing the US budget by the... Read more
HOW MUCH DOES THE AVERAGE AMERICAN PAY IN TAXES? Mike P. Sinn
The average American pays $10,489 in “personal taxes,” representing 14% of the average household’s total income. This $10,489 includes:... Read more
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US FINANCIAL CRISIS: WHO KILLED THE ECONOMY? Mike P. Sinn
The cause of the US financial crisis is simple. It's debt. This is a very simple and graphical evidence-based... Read more
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ANTI-TERRORISM SPENDING 50,000 TIMES MORE THAN ON ANY OTHER CAUSE OF DEATH
Mike P. Sinn
The US spends more than $500 million per victim on anti-terrorism efforts. However, cancer research spending is only... Read more
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IRAN US FOREIGN RELATIONS: A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE Mike P. Sinn
Many Americans consider Iran to be a psychopathically violent nation that would be willing to commit suicide in order... Read more
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FINANCIAL SECTOR COSTS US MORE THAN ANY OTHER SECTOR IN ECONOMY Mike P. Sinn
The financial sector receives more of the average paycheck than any other sector of the economy. Its share of... Read more
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THERE’S A 0.00001% CHANCE THAT YOUR VOTE WILL MATTER Mike P. Sinn
There's less than a 0.00001% chance that your vote will be the tiebreaker that decides the outcome of a... Read more
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HOW MUCH DIRECT SUFFERING IS CAUSED BY VARIOUS ANIMAL FOODS? Mike P. Sinn
This is a rigorous analysis from the brilliant utilitarian mind of Brian Tomasik originally published at http://www.utilitarian-essays.com in 2005. I made this... Read more
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WHY THINK BY NUMBERS? Mike P. Sinn
A world without disease, starvation, violence, and suffering is the ultimate destination of humanity. Getting there will require voters... Read more
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GOVERNMENTS SPEND $1.8 TRILLION MURDERING US AND DESTROYING OUR PROPERTY ANNUALLY
Mike P. Sinn
World governments are spending $1.8 TRILLION each year finding ways to murder us and destroy our property. Read more
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NEWS FLASH: US GOVERNMENT WASTES $1.5 TRILLION ON DEVASTATING DRUG WAR Mike P. Sinn
Dear President Obama, I know you’re very busy, so I’m very sorry to bother you with this. However, I think what I have... Read more
KEYNSIAN CREATIONISM AND INTELLIGENTLY DESIGN ECONOMIES Mike P. Sinn
The mythology of effective Keynesian centralized economic planning is born of the same mother as the mythology of creationist... Read more
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GDP AND YOU!
Mike P. Sinn
Gross domestic product (GDP) is the value of all final goods and services produced within a country. The reason GDP matters is... Read more
A UTILITARIAN PARTY PLATFORM Mike P. Sinn
Jonathan Baron proposes this Utilitarian Party platform: Utilitarians try to help people achieve their rational goals. We focus on the... Read more
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WEALTH INEQUALITY IN AMERICA Mike P. Sinn
Infographics on the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of... Read more
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DRINK BY NUMBERS!
Mike P. Sinn
In response to recent allegations that Anheuser-Busch has been watering down its beer to boost profits, my lab used gas chromatography...
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$2.3 TRILLION MISSING FROM PENTAGON Mike P. Sinn
On Sept. 10, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld declared war. Not on foreign terrorists, “the adversary’s closer to home.... Read more
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EVERY WORLD STATISTIC YOU COULD EVER DREAM OF (IN REAL TIME)! Mike P. Sinn
A multitude of constantly updated world statistics that puts the current state of human existence—on this lonely blue orb—in... Read more
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD PROBLEMS AND HUMAN POTENTIAL Mike P. Sinn
The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential was the result of an ambitious effort to collect and present information on... Read more
ALGONOMY: A FRAMEWORK FOR DEALING WITH SUFFERING Mike P. Sinn
From algosphere.org: ALGONOMY : A FRAMEWORK FOR DEALING WITH SUFFERING All major spheres of human activity deal in one way... Read more
FELICIFIC CALCULUS
Mike P. Sinn
The felicific calculus is an algorithm for calculating the degree or amount of pleasure that a specific action is likely to cause. The algorithm is...
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THE HEDONISTIC IMPERATIVE Mike P. Sinn
One of the most cost effective solutions that will be evaluated by the Crowdsourcing Utopia system is David Pearce’s... Read more
HOW TO OVERCOME BIAS IN CROWDSOUCING PARTICIPANTS Mike P. Sinn
Here are some problems that Sebastian Nickel brought up with regard to using collective intelligence for decision making: A... Read more
THE WISDOM OF CROWDS Mike P. Sinn
The Wisdom of Crowds is about the aggregation of information in groups, resulting in decisions that are often better than... Read more
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FROM THE BANKERS WHO BROUGHT YOU PRESIDENT OBAMA COMES NEW PRESIDENT™!
Mike P. Sinn
Governor Romney™ has been scientifically proven to increase spending faster than the President Obama™! Obama has only increased government...
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