Back online, and my Davos answer

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Back online, and my Davos answer

I'm back online. My email isn't quite as out of control as last year, but it will take me a few days to catch up on things. Going offline for a week was nice, and I'd recommend it to anyone, especially if you have a wonderful companion to help you savor the time off.

Here's my answer to the Davos question ("What one thing do you think that countries, companies or individuals must do to make the world a better place in 2008?"). I want people to explore how to measure where money can be spent most productively to tackle problems. That is, on issues where there is disagreement (take drugs: prevention? prisons? treatment? interdiction?), try to agree on a set of metrics to measure success. Or at least agree on a methodology to determine the metrics.

I enjoyed Scott Adams' 9 point economic plan that distills a bunch of economic advice into ~200 words. I'd love to read a "9 point plan" that distills down the most likely ways to live longer (stuff like: don't smoke, drink no more than one glass of wine a day), as long as the "9 point health plan" is based on solid research. I'd really like to read a paper where someone took a bunch of important issues and looked at the potential impact a single person could make on each issue.

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