[ExI] Meditations on the million year mind.

[Kelly Anderson]

On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 10:16 AM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

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> From: extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org
> [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Eugen Leitl
>
> >...We all are playing one game: russian roulette...
>
> We should come up with a new name for that game.  Commie crap shoot?  While
> we are at it, we need a name for the practice of opting out of health
> insurance, paying the tax penalty and hoping for the best, which still
> externalizes risk onto the other tax payers.  Suggestions welcome, extra
> credit for alliteration, such as Capitalist Coinflip or American
> Insecurity.
>

Millennial Maximizers?


> Oh now that's just cold.  Adrian is a young healthy guy, a perfect example
> of the kind of person who will weigh the cost of health insurance vs the
> price of the tax penalty for not having it, then opt out.
>

I haven't decided whether to opt out and pay the penalty yet, and I'm 49.

-Kelly
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