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How many? 2% of those who don’t.

Or it could be spent on mosquito nets. I’m told those are very cost-effective.

Or it could be spent on testing African-Americans for sickle-cell anaemia as children. I’ve been told that’s so cost-effective that it’s actually a negative cost per person once your account for necessary medical treatment as adults, as it’s much cheaper to provide effective treatment for those same people as children.

Or it could be spent replacing fossil fuels with solar power and electric cars so people don’t die from air pollution oh wait hang on…

Or we can make self driving cars so that distracted drivers don’t crash and kill so many people… hang on a minute, there’s a pattern here isn’t there?



So you don't think the headline, "Maezawa spends a quarter of a billion to save hundreds of thousands" would have a larger impact on world peace than the current one? Let me get this straight, I don't mind how he's spending his money. My entire issue is that he doesn't need to bring in world peace as a reasoning to go to the moon. He's helping advance technology which is a noble cause.


“Doesn’t need to”? No but he wants to, and he is justified in doing so.




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