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> Everything has costs. My refusal to carry a cellphone has opportunity costs for me, but also opportunities like maybe a longer attention span? That one would
by tzs 3y ago
> Everything has costs. My refusal to carry a cellphone has opportunity costs for me, but also opportunities like maybe a longer attention span?
That one would be a tough for a lot of people nowadays in the US because it could be a safety issue.
In the first half of the '90s there was a lot of infrastructure to support people who did not have mobile phones, such as plentiful pay phones in public places and emergency call boxes along highways.
Now only a few states still have emergency call boxes on the highways, and pay phones have dwindled from a high of 2.6 million in 1995 to under 100k.
- csdvrx 3y ago> > Everything has costs (...) > That one would be a tough for a lot of people nowadays in the US because it could be a safety issue. Everything has costs, including safety. > Now only a few states still have emergency call boxes on the highways If my car stops on the highway and I stand next to it waving my arms, I think someone will eventually come or at least call for help.