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"$50m that google won't earn" sounds less cool.

• eximius 8y ago
  And yet the distinction is semantically important. I hate it when economists phrase missed opportunities as losses.
  • TremendousJudge 8y ago
    these are journalists, not economists
  • jandrese 8y ago
    Although IMHO that particular terminology leads to poisonous thinking in Economics. People start obsessing about missed opportunities because they are a loss, like that guy stole your opportunity away because he got there first.