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I don't think it is "quibble". These articles pull out these massive values for shocking headlines about how some minor delay or incident is costing millions pe
by SilverRed 5y ago
I don't think it is "quibble". These articles pull out these massive values for shocking headlines about how some minor delay or incident is costing millions per second like its some debt which at the end we will have to pay back when the reality is that things are as efficient and profitable as they have ever been in history and these incidents didn't "cost" anything they just represent the failure to achieve the most optimal result which has never been achived before.
- tremon 5y agoThe reason for that is fairly straightforward: if something doesn't have an explicit economic cost (whether it's about ecosystems, cultural heritage, climate change, or mental health), the policy-making part of society tends to ignore it.