There is 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 those of your loved ones, it is much more rational to just stay home on election day.
How Much Direct Suffering Is Caused by Various Animal Foods?
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 graph in 2007 to try to illustrate his point visually.
Why 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. The power of numbers can make utopia a reality.
Governments Spend $1.8 Trillion Murdering Us and Destroying Our Property Annually
World governments are spending $1.8 TRILLION each year finding ways to murder us and destroy our property.
NEWS FLASH: US Government Wastes $1.5 Trillion on Devastating Drug War
Dear President Obama,
Keynsian Creationism and Intelligently Design Economies
The mythology of effective Keynesian centralized economic planning is born of the same mother as the mythology of creationist intelligent design. Both of these fantasies arise as a result of the human mind’s inability to deal with complex systems.
GDP and You!
Gross domestic product (GDP) is the value of all final goods and services produced within a country.
A Utilitarian Party Platform
Jonathan Baron proposes this Utilitarian Party platform:
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 actual numbers. The reality is often not what we think it is.
Drink by Numbers!
In response to recent allegations that Anheuser-Busch has been watering down its beer to boost profits, my lab used gas chromatography with flame ion detection to determine if this was indeed the case. Our analyses suggest with greater than 99% certainty that Budweiser is, and shall remain, the king of beers. Beer lovers around the world can continue to drink soundly with the knowledge that their euphoria and elevated levels of self-confidence are in no way psychosomatically induced. Based on our findings, I am confident in saying that Budweiser will continue to be the cause of (and solution to) all of life’s little problems.