[realce]

> That doesn't seem in any way relevant to the point about survivorship bias.

To me, it seems exactly like the point of view that someone who wins the 100m would have.

> Nor to the US, whose system has if anything produced far too much food for its citizens.

Where people still starve, where people are still homeless, where people still live in poverty. What's your point here?

[robertlagrant]

> To me, it seems exactly like the point of view that someone who wins the 100m would have.

That's just your own assumption. Who cares what any of us imagines anyone else thinks? It's not really relevant.

[realce]

> Who cares what any of us imagines anyone else thinks?

Since you're responding and we're having a conversation about each other's opinions, I'd say it actually is relevant.

[robertlagrant]

I'm not imagining what you think; I'm just responding to what you write.