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Let’s do a simple thought experiment. Pretend that every time you go to the grocery store there are no prices posted for the food products. You have no way of knowing how much anything costs until you get to the check out counter. And when you do get to the check out, someone else pays […] The post U.S. health care needs transparency so patients obtain quality care at the most reasonable price appeared first on Idaho Capital Sun.

戴榕菁2023年我贴出了“当哲学被藐视之后。。。。”及“当哲学被藐视之后。。。。（更新版）”介绍我去年贴出的英文文章“WhenPhilosophyis...

Every generation is a Phil Connors, tasked with figuring out the right way to live.

Like the uk are going to try and make policies like the rwanda scheme work in the coming years, decades, generation, and therefore the government should be trying to get this over the line even if it doesnt work in the short term? and that maybe future governments of whatever political stripe are going to have to think radically and do things at the moment that might not be palatable to a lot of people. mary? well, im not sure i agree with your thought experiment. i mean, i think this is a polic...

The chance of his amendments getting through are minimal. _ but even if they did, _ the chance of the policy working appear to me to be minimal. the chance of the policy working in time to move the dial- for the next electionl appear very minimal. and the fact that the tory party is now going to go to war- about it next week is simply. going to increase the salience of the issue as an issue that| divides the tory party rather than the salience of the issue i with scarletts voters all saying, "ah...

At the end of that one week? would you want to drink it again? thats much harder to say. why, if youve just had a great week because of the elixir, surely youd want another great week, and another after that? i mean, his message, beyond the thought experiment, is that, actually, when you drill down into it, if you have a good life, why not want to prolong it for as long as you possibly can? well, i completely understand the impulse, and im all for creating a world in which as many people as poss...

Who are ageing healthier and extending peoples lives that way, id be very supportive. but life extension for a few while others are living a life of depression and debilitation wouldnt be right. your debate opponent in this book, john martin fischer, he asks you to indulge in a thought experiment. he says, you, stephen, "imagine that i have an elixir "which can, when you reach the age of 80, can prolong "your life by a week. "and at the age of 80, your life is good. "youre in good physical and m...

John martin fischer, he asks you to indulge in a thought experiment. he says, you, stephen, "imagine that i have an elixir which can, when you reach the age of 80, can prolong your life by a week. "and at the age of 80, your life is good. "youre in good physical and mental health. "would you drink that elixirjust to ensure that for the next week you go on living that good life?" i hope i would. i hope thats what id want to do when im 80. you hope you would. so if you would drink it for one week,...

Very long they are going to die and give them an overwhelming sense of the pointlessness of everything. sense of the pointlessness of everything-— everything. life can be full of d . everything. life can be full of dry. and _ everything. life can be full of dry. and l _ everything. life can be full of dry, and i think— everything. life can be full of dry, and i think our— everything. life can be full of dry, and i think our priorities | dry, and i think our priorities should be to enable a...

I mean, his message, beyond the thought experiment, is that, actually, when you drill down into it, if you have a good life, why not want to prolong it for as long as you possibly can? well, i completely understand the impulse, and im all for creating a world in which as many people as possible can have that kind of life that they embrace. and thats why im very supportive of much of the research thats going into cellular rejuvenation and the other things that will help us to tackle the diseases ...