Thanks, looks like an interesting book. Looks like he also wrote on misinformation.

First you would have to find someone who thought economics were closer to physics.

No, at least someone who graduated kindergarden.

Yep. You needto know your BATNA going into any negotiation. If you don’t have an acceptable BATNA, you are not in a negotiation but in an unconditional surrender pleading for mercy.

BATNA is the Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement.

https://www.pon.harvard.edu/daily/batna/translate-your-batna-to-the-current-deal/?amp

They won’t provide or create the framework for proper health care in the US because private health care is a very effective extortion scheme that can pay for the laws they want.

And the pharma companies like it like that.

"Oh, you like living? Too bad you live in the US, where we will charge you 10x what everyone else in the world pays for the insulin you need to survive. Pay up or die.

https://fortune.com/2023/01/13/insulin-us-costs-7-times-canada-california-suing-makers-scheming-illegally-increase-price/amp/

There is a reason the US has the most expensive health care system in the world, while the health care system quality using objective criteria,l is usually around rank 40-60, below practically all western countries, below cuba and comparable to Armenia or Morocco.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290168/health-index-of-countries-worldwide-by-health-index-score/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization_ranking_of_health_systems_in_2000

The US is also basically the only industrialized country where medical bankruptcy is a thing.

He does not want us to trust him with space travel. He wants us to trust him with our money.

Offensichtlich ist entweder Arbeit im Angestelltenverhältnis oder Urlaub nicht gesund. Ich tippe auf Letzteres.