Think by Numbers

<h2>Your Body Is a Machine (Not &quot;Like&quot; a Machine)</h2> <p>Your body is a machine.

<h2>How Hydrogen Learned to Worry (A 13.8 Billion Year Recap)</h2> <p>Thirteen point eight billion years ago, the universe exploded.

<h2>What 1% Less Murder Money Buys You</h2> <p>Here's what 1% less murder money buys you.

<h2>The Most Cost-Effective Medical Intervention in History</h2> <p>The Oxford RECOVERY trial isn't theory.

<h2>From Explosions to Trial Slots</h2> <p>That was the peace dividend: the money you get from buying 1% fewer explosions.

<h2>10,000 Years of Dying at 30</h2> <p>For over 99% of human history, average life expectancy was <strong>30 years</strong>.

<h2>The Daily Body Count</h2> <p>Every single day:</p> <ul> <li><strong>150,000 people stop existing</strong></li> <li><strong>130,000 from disease</strong> (diseases are very effective at their job)</li> <li><strong>80,000 were preventable</strong> (you…

<h2>Your Itemized Receipt for Global Violence</h2> <p>War costs your species <strong>$11.4 trillion per year</strong>.

<h2>A Tale of Two Trials</h2> <p>The difference between efficient and inefficient trial design isn't theoretical.

<h2>The $68 Billion Lie</h2> <p>Here is the complete accounting of humanity's commitment to curing disease.

<h2>Getting Countries to Sign Papers Is Surprisingly Cheap</h2> <p>&quot;Getting 195 countries to agree costs billions and takes forever.

<h2>Two Paths</h2> <p>Your civilization has somewhere between 15 and 30 years before the destructive economy reaches 50% of GDP.

<h2>A Spreadsheet That Could Save the World</h2> <p>Imagine if government budgets were created the way a nutritionist creates a diet plan—looking at what you need, measuring what you have, and prescribing what's missing.

<h2>How Much Does a Better World Cost?

<h2>The Manual Nobody Asked For (But Everyone Needs)</h2> <p>There is a manual for ending war and disease.

<h2>You Are Paying $50,500 a Year for Bad Government (Per Household)</h2> <p>There is an invisible tax that nobody voted for, nobody collects, and nobody benefits from.

<h2>Legal Bribery: A User's Guide</h2> <p>There is a popular belief that you can't put a price on human life.

<h2>Democracy, But Make It Actually Work</h2> <p>Democracy is a system where the people choose their leaders, and then the leaders do whatever they were going to do anyway.

<h2>The Radical Idea of Looking at What Works</h2> <p>Every year, thousands of governments around the world make different policy decisions.

<h2>The World's Largest Experiment (That Nobody's Looked At)</h2> <p>There are about 200 countries, 50 US states, and millions of cities on Earth.