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That's an operational cost, not a capital cost. ;) Comparing capital cost between the two is also fun. Creating a literate person who can perform arithmetic ce
by schiffern 9y ago
That's an operational cost, not a capital cost. ;)
Comparing capital cost between the two is also fun. Creating a literate person who can perform arithmetic certainly requires more resources than creating a person who can "merely" pedal a bicycle. There's a lot of embodied energy in a person's education, and the cost reflects that.
- em3rgent0rdr 9y agoAlso might want to consider what is the opportunity cost of what else a literate person could do instead of mining.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoOr the opportunity cost of what else could the creators of that literate person could be doing with 20 years worth of time spent on that person.
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- jjxw 9y agoFair point :) I guess the right comparison would be how much it would cost to produce another human capable of doing the SHA-256 hash by hand rather than the "fuel" to sustain it.