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The author appeared on several episodes to explain that the title argued people without STDs should have more sex to lower overall disease risk, using this as an example of how full consequences improve decision‑making. The discussion highlighted the book's central theme that outcomes worsen when individuals do not feel the full impact of their actions. Listeners were presented with the idea rather than a direct endorsement.
Episode: What Are You Waiting For? (Rebroadcast)
It was argued that people without STDs should have more sex to reduce the overall risk, as those with STDs don't always consider the consequences of their actions.
I teach economics at the University of Rochester. I write books about economics. Books that apply an economic treatment to topics that don't usually get the economic treatment.
In his book, More Sex is Safer Sex, Landsberg argues that people who are free of sexually transmitted diseases or STDs should be having a lot more sex since their participation in the sex pool would diminish the overall risk of disease.
The main theme of the book is that things work out badly when people do not feel the full consequences of their actions and things work out better when people do feel the full consequences of their actions.
People who do have STDs, Landsberg argues, don't feel the full consequences of their actions.
Episode: What Are You Waiting For? (Rebroadcast)
It was argued that people without STDs should have more sex to reduce the overall risk and that negative consequences help people make better decisions.
I teach economics at the University of Rochester. I write books about economics. Books that apply an economic treatment to topics that don't usually get the economic treatment.
In his book, More Sex is Safer Sex, Landsberg argues that people who are free of sexually transmitted diseases or STDs should be having a lot more sex since their participation in the sex pool would diminish the overall risk of disease.
The main theme of the book is that things work out badly when people do not feel the full consequences of their actions and things work out better when people do feel the full consequences of their actions.
People who do have STDs, Landsberg argues, don't feel the full consequences of their actions.
And so people are not fully accounting for the damage that they're doing to other people when they make decisions.
Episode: 256. What Are You Waiting For?
It was argued that people without STDs should have more sex to reduce overall risk, and that negative consequences for actions lead to better outcomes overall.
In his book, More Sex is Safer Sex, Landsberg argues that people who are free of sexually transmitted diseases, or STDs, should be having a lot more sex, since their participation in the sex pool would diminish the overall risk of disease.
The main theme of the book is that things work out badly when people do not feel the full consequences of their actions, and things work out better when people do feel the full consequences of their actions.
Episode: 256. What Are You Waiting For?
It was argued that people without STDs should have more sex to reduce the overall risk of disease, as it highlighted how actions without consequences can lead to bad outcomes.
In his book, More Sex is Safer Sex, Landsberg argues that people who are free of sexually transmitted diseases, or STDs, should be having a lot more sex, since their participation in the sex pool would diminish the overall risk of disease.
The main theme of the book is that things work out badly when people do not feel the full consequences of their actions, and things work out better when people do feel the full consequences of their actions.
Episode: 256. What Are You Waiting For?
It was argued that people without STDs should have more sex to reduce overall risk and that negative consequences often result from not feeling the impact of actions.
In his book, More Sex is Safer Sex, Landsberg argues that people who are free of sexually transmitted diseases, or STDs, should be having a lot more sex, since their participation in the sex pool would diminish the overall risk of disease.
The main theme of the book is that things work out badly when people do not feel the full consequences of their actions, and things work out better when people do feel the full consequences of their actions.