Has alcohol caused more good or more harm?
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More good
More harm
By alcohol, I mean alcoholic beverages.
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Alcohol has done a lot of weird good across the ages. It’s certainly more bad than good in most consumption settings now, but across human history, I’d put it on the positive side of the ledger.