Life does not take the shortest route to entropy. The original point of the parent was obviously cost as in money. My point was that "only expending your own

Life does not take the shortest route to entropy. The original point of the parent was obviously cost as in money. My point was that "only expending your own resources" as in "you need to pay for your resources (with your own money) before you can morally do thing x" is rather problematic.