An interesting tension: it’s kind of obvious from a micro-econ view that group houses should have Pigouvian taxes on uCOVIDs[*] (where I pay housemates for the chance I get them sick) rather than caps on how many uCOVIDs everyone can incur per week—and of course both of these are better than “just sort of be reasonable” or having no system. But uCOVID caps are nice in that they make it significantly easier to coordinate with other houses—it’s much easier to figure out how risky interacting with somebody is when they can just tell you their cap, rather than having to guess how much they’ll interact with others between now and when you’ll meet them. It’s not totally clear to me which system ends up being better, although I think for people who have stable habits Pigouvian taxes end up better.
[*] a uCOVID, short for microCOVID, is a one in a million chance of catching COVID-19.
An interesting tension: it’s kind of obvious from a micro-econ view that group houses should have Pigouvian taxes on uCOVIDs[*] (where I pay housemates for the chance I get them sick) rather than caps on how many uCOVIDs everyone can incur per week—and of course both of these are better than “just sort of be reasonable” or having no system. But uCOVID caps are nice in that they make it significantly easier to coordinate with other houses—it’s much easier to figure out how risky interacting with somebody is when they can just tell you their cap, rather than having to guess how much they’ll interact with others between now and when you’ll meet them. It’s not totally clear to me which system ends up being better, although I think for people who have stable habits Pigouvian taxes end up better.
[*] a uCOVID, short for microCOVID, is a one in a million chance of catching COVID-19.
It’s μCOVID, with a μ!
Sorry, I maybe should have cared enough to copy-paste but didn’t.
(Which you get using option-m on a mac.)
(Or
M-x insert-char GREEK SM<tab> L<tab>M<tab>in Emacs.)Even easier in Helm-mode!