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Facts measured by whom, to what end, and how far?

This is a single metric. Number goes up. What other numbers went up? What numbers went down? What do these directions mean?

It does seem like fewer child deaths is a good thing. It does seem like modern medicine in general is probably a really good thing. There are a lot of other things in this world that are good things.

I'm not trying to deny goodness here. Just asking for more perspective, to better mitigate hubris.




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