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1. topspi+6K[view] [source] 2020-01-29 02:10:57
>>jasonc+(OP)
rootsofprogress.org? Funded by "Emergent Ventures," some affiliate of Marginal Revolution University... Whose narrative am I looking at here?

Honest question. Anyone know?

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2. brownb+xN[view] [source] 2020-01-29 02:38:38
>>topspi+6K
Popular economists Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok maybe. And people can agree or disagree with them on a variety of issues.

But describing "sanitation improves health outcomes" as just somebody's "narrative" feels a bit like responding to "The sky is blue," by asking "Yes, but who benefits?"

Sometimes an idea is just an idea.

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3. manicd+LO[view] [source] 2020-01-29 02:52:04
>>brownb+xN
Sometimes a poorly communicated idea turns into an anti-vax movement. Other times a poorly communicated idea is used as cover for malfeasance, such as “war on drugs” which is actually about oppressing an underclass.
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4. catalo+OZ[view] [source] 2020-01-29 04:33:42
>>manicd+LO
The article isn't poorly communicated. It says that vaccines are "extremely effective", backs that up with citations and numbers, and lauds the scientific revolution.
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