[ExI] Consequentialist world improvement

[BillK]

On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 9:19 PM, Anders Sandberg  wrote:
> So the number of extra falls due to the darn smoke detectors need to be
> bigger than the number of saved by them in order for them to be an
> unmitigated bad thing. But it looks unlikely to me that the new rules have
> caused a 15% increase of deadly falls.
>
> Stupid regulations are still bad, even if they don't kill enough people to
> make themselves counterproductive. There is a lot of loss due to annoyance,
> extra costs and the need for more red tape.
>
>

Smoke detectors are recommended to be replaced every ten years as they wear out.

Apparently they now sell smoke detectors with ten-year lithium
batteries that last for the life of the unit. Prices seem comparable
to the old units plus the battery replacements.


BillK