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> This is actually an example of the opposite. How much time does she spend going inside the bank, waiting in line, and asking a person for help over the course
by alexmolas 3y ago
> This is actually an example of the opposite. How much time does she spend going inside the bank, waiting in line, and asking a person for help over the course of her life?
Yes, you're right that for the common people, it would be faster just to learn how to do it and get the money yourself. Maybe this wasn't the best example. The idea I wanted to transmit is that sometimes the process you need to learn is too complex, so tL >> N x tA, either because tL is big or because N is low. Maybe a better example is to fix a broken car engine.
- digging 3y agoThat's certainly a good point. I once picked up a manual on my car so that I could fix small things myself and wouldn't be helpless, but I defer to professionals for complex problems because it's not worth my time to learn how to do it myself if I'll only do it once or twice in a lifetime, and if the time it takes to do it is nearly as much as the time it takes to have someone else do it. I guess the ATM example caught me because I feel ATMs are such a big time-saver!