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Leaping forward in time to depict contemporary worries and desires, “Materialists” attempts to capture the specifics of a cultural moment, calculating cost-benefit analysis against a perceived ticking clock while also often dodging abusive predators.

You can see how, in the Tesla board’s cost-benefit analysis on Musk, all of that is very bad but not bad enough to kick Musk to the curb, because he is pumping up the stock by drawing breath.

Third, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Executive Office of the President is asserting the authority to review the rules of 40 “independent agencies” to see if they satisfy cost-benefit criteria, even though Congress explicitly insulated these agencies from direct control by the White House to prevent the abuse of power.

Government can’t pick and choose those it serves, or write off portions of the country based on a cost-benefit analysis.

Kohberger’s motion also points out that people with ASD can’t be deterred by the threat of capital punishment: “The repetitive behaviors and fixations that are key diagnostic criteria of ASD mean that, for many defendants with ASD, their offending behavior is compulsive and cannot be curbed by a rational cost-benefit analysis.”