> The more universally applicable a machine is, the more expensive it may be and possibly even priced against the highest value tasks it can do. It's even wors

> The more universally applicable a machine is, the more expensive it may be and possibly even priced against the highest value tasks it can do. It's even worse: The more universally applicable a machine is, the more expensive its outputs are, because it is less efficient. Have you seen an aluminum can lid stamping machine? [1] It can only produce one thing, but that thing is incredibly cheap on account of the machine producing tens of thousands of items per hour. [1] That's probably not its official name...