I have a little blog where I post oddball essays when the spirit moves me. In the discussions of the recent healthcare CEO shooting, I’ve seen a lot of vague references to the amount of people Brian Thompson hurt. But usually it’s just referred to as “thousands” or similar. I wanted to take a crack at actually calculating a specific number. And I put together a little analysis here:
It’s not a perfect analysis, but I listed all my sources and assumptions. For some reason, I was inspired to take a particularly old school, fire-and-brimstone framing of the subject. I’m agnostic myself, but sometimes I’m drawn to this type of framing.
I have a little blog where I post oddball essays when the spirit moves me. In the discussions of the recent healthcare CEO shooting, I’ve seen a lot of vague references to the amount of people Brian Thompson hurt. But usually it’s just referred to as “thousands” or similar. I wanted to take a crack at actually calculating a specific number. And I put together a little analysis here:
https://forestreflections.substack.com/p/mene-mene-tekel-upharsin
It’s not a perfect analysis, but I listed all my sources and assumptions. For some reason, I was inspired to take a particularly old school, fire-and-brimstone framing of the subject. I’m agnostic myself, but sometimes I’m drawn to this type of framing.