> I hate it when people put economics in the way of human lives.

Then you haven't completely understood.

> The "it's not worth saving them" conclusion after doing maths with money.

That's not the conclusion at all.  The conclusion is that instead of 
"spending" $600m on traffic jams to save a single life, we might as well 
spend $600m on hospital equipment to save 600 lives.

The maths is only showing you how bad a decision it is to spend $600m on 
saving one life.  The fact that we put a price on a life helps us save more 
lives by spending wisely.  If you put an infinite price on life, you end up 
with all sorts of stupid decisions, because there isn't an infinite supply 
of money.

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