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Your comparison does not take into account the relative cost of living of those places.

Furthermore, why do you say "merely" a moral judgement? Is a moral judgement that optimizes for human happiness somehow worse than a logical one that optimizes for efficiency?



Your comparison does not take into account the relative cost of living of those places.

You didn't read what I wrote.


No, you've just edited it to say "PPP-adjusted" since I posted the comment.


I didn't edit it. See this comment from an hour ago which points out someone else ignoring it.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7724518

I adjust the numbers for PPP every time I ask this question. And for reasons I don't understand, people repeatedly ignore it.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7539966

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6856005




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