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Sure. That’s why professional repair shops exist that can do things for you for cheaper. It’s called comparative advantage in economics and leads to emergence
by mrcode007 4y ago
Sure. That’s why professional repair shops exist that can do things for you for cheaper.
It’s called comparative advantage in economics and leads to emergence of trade and economies. Compare with rural Nepal, where everyone can and does nearly everything on their own and you see it leads to a never ending cycle of poverty.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative_advantage https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative_advantage
- inetknght 4y ago> That’s why professional repair shops exist that can do things for you for cheaper. "Cheaper" can still be more expensive than doing it on your own property that you're already paying for. The only real expensive is your time. Some people value their time doing this far more than they would by sending it to someone else. There absolutely is value in doing things yourself when you can.
- petermcneeley 4y agoTo refine inetknght's point. Assuming people are perfect economically rational actors we can also assume they have made the comparative advantage computation and found that it is economically better for them to do their own repairs. I also think you have the causal relationship backwards. Having an advance society of experts leads to less people doing everything on their own and doing their own repairs.