Does Your Vote Matter? | The (Expected) Value of Voting | Philosophy of Voting

Does your vote matter? What is the expected value of voting? This video explores two opposing views on this topic, one by the economist, Steven Levitt (Freakonomics), and the other by the philosopher Will MacAskill (Doing Good Better).
The script of this video (more or less): / the-value-of-voting
-This video is, for the most part, an overview of concepts from Ch. 6 of MacAskill's book, Doing Good Better: amzn.to/2HrGCv2
- For information on where and how to vote: www.vote.org/polling-place-lo...
Other sources and mentioned works:
- Freakonomics: amzn.to/34crdIa
- What is the Probability Your Vote Will Make a Difference? papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.c...
- Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight fivethirtyeight.com/
- Odds of being struck by lightning twice: www.cbs17.com/news/odds-of-wi...
- What is the Probability of a Huge Civilization-Ending Asteroid Impact? interestingengineering.com/wh...
-Another more recent article on this topic, by the economist Robert Wiblin, can be found here: 80000hours.org/articles/how-m...

[@MrTjowen87]

My vote has value to me because I value the process of voting

[@philosophe5319]

Great channel

[@PhilosopherGames]

Thanks!