Economist and iconoclast Robin Hanson suggests that variolation—controlled, intentional infection of the virus that causes COVID-19—could be an important "Plan B" if containment fails in the long-term and eventual herd immunity seems likely.Support the show (https://ariarmstrong.com/donate/)

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Robin Hanson on Variolation as a Response to COVID-19: Self in Society #15

We explore what it means to flourish as an individual and a community. We take an interdisciplinary approach, delving into philosophy, history, evolutionary biology, politics, economics, psychology, and other fields. Your host Ari Armstrong, a liberal of the classical variety, is the author of Values of Harry Potter and of What's Wrong with Ayn Rand's Objectivist Ethics. He has written about Colorado politics for various publications.

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