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177 – Decision Trees and Butlerian Jihads with Matt Freeman

The Bayesian Conspiracy

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Is It Bad to Kill One Person for a Million Dollars to Save a Thousand People?

People are less likely to risk their life for a cause if they don't feel that they would be taken care of. And so it's like overall unit cohesion in the military goes up, which is more important than maybe losing five, ten guys. "It's like the societal cohesion of living in that world is actually terrible," he says.

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