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> wow, they sure wasted trillions of hours and dollars […] Well, not money, because the money spent just ends up in someone else's pocket. It doesn't disappear
by Freak_NL 8y ago
> wow, they sure wasted trillions of hours and dollars […]
Well, not money, because the money spent just ends up in someone else's pocket. It doesn't disappear or get consumed in the process. What we are wasting is potential value for society as a whole (the hours you rightly mention).
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