Value of Life and an academic Paper 2.0

Johannes pointed me to FindMyWorth, a website that provides another formula for monetary value of a human life, this one conditioned on income, spending, financial growth rate, rate of return, life expectancy and quality of life. If you live in Qatar, you’re worth the most, almost $6M:

quatar.png

While one could argue a lot about the formula, the author Zeeshan-ul-hassan Usmani has made a good example of how to properly publish a working paper in this age: not just that he has the paper, he has an interactive demonstration, graphs, data, and a 30-second “executive” summary of the methodology for all of us with attention deficit disorders. He could have a comment section, but that’s the way to go!