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Our fourth episode – we discuss the value of human life, peoples willingness to save others and ambulance drivers!
Semi-related and interesting sources
- Article discussing the controversy around the death of David Sharp on Mt Everest in 2006. https://allthatsinteresting.com/david-sharp
- Short read on the bystander effect. https://www.verywellmind.com/the-bystander-effect-2795899
- TED talk by Peter Singer about effective altruism.https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_singer_the_why_and_how_of_effective_altruism?language=en
- On Killing: The psychological cost of learning to kill in war and society, by Dave Grossman. https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Psychological-Cost-Learning-Society/dp/0316040932
- Popular article on the idea of the ‘monkey sphere’ (Durban’s number). https://www.cracked.com/article_14990_what-monkeysphere.html
- Slightly more academic article on the Durban Number as a limit to group size. http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2004/03/the_dunbar_numb.html
- Infographic depicting the statistical economic cost of life by country. https://www.lifehack.org/articles/money/how-much-does-human-life-cost-the-world-today.html
- A deceptively easy way to die – safety video by the NSS/CDS regarding deaths in cave diving. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1iaa04rCf0
- The price Sherpas pay for westerners to climb Everest. https://www.economist.com/prospero/2015/12/11/the-price-the-sherpas-pay-for-westerners-to-climb-everest
- Wrongful conviction in Australia. https://www.cla.asn.au/News/prisoners-australia-7-innocent/#gsc.tab=0
- Article discussing assaults on Paramedics in an international context. http://theconversation.com/over-1-500-assaults-on-paramedics-a-year-but-new-law-wont-stop-the-violence-98734
- George Carlin on the sanctity of life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScLQZEKn8zI
