The Price of Life
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Krátky popis
'Like Louis Theroux channelling Margaret Atwood' - New
Statesman'Writing, thinking and storytelling at its best' - Ben
Judah, author of This Is Europe__________* $2-3,000 to save the
life of a child in Africa* L15,180 to hire a hitman* $368,901 to
pay the average ransom demandWe say that life is priceless. Yet the
cost of saving a life, creating a life or compensating for a life
taken is routinely calculated and put into practice. In a world in
love with data, it is possible to run a cost-benefit analysis on
anything – including life itself. For philanthropists, judges,
criminals, healthcare providers and government ministers, it’s just
part of the job. In The Price of Life, journalist, broadcaster and
documentary-maker Jenny Kleeman takes us on an adventure to meet
some of the people who decide what we're worth.In a series of
extraordinary encounters – with people who have faked their own
death or lost a loved one to terrorism, with hitmen and with modern
day slaves – she discovers more questions than answers. What does
it mean for our humanity when we crunch the numbers to decide who
gets the expensive life-saving drugs, and who misses out? What do
we learn about ourselves when philanthropic giving by the effective
altruists in Silicon Valley is received by some, while others are
left to suffer? Are some lives really worth more than others? And
what happens when we take human emotions out of the equation? Does
it make for a fairer decision-making process – or for moral
bankruptcy?Exploring the final frontier in monetization, Kleeman
asks what we lose and what we gain by leaving the judgments that
really matter up to cold, hard logic._____Praise for Sex Robots
&,amp, Vegan Meat:‘A tour of the lurid fringes of the tech
world’ - The Times‘A moreish page-turner of a book’ -
Herald'Compelling and thoughtful' -The Guardian'Mesmerising' -
Daily Mail'Alarming, funny, thought-provoking and fascinating' -
Stig Abell
Výber kníh autorov
Pan Macmillan ,
Kleeman Jenny
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Pan Macmillan,
Kleeman Jenny
Výber kníh vydavateľa
Slovart
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Slovart
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