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You know how office workers are more productive because of computers? This didn't just happen because various companies did R&D investments in building (better)
by tbrownaw 2y ago
You know how office workers are more productive because of computers? This didn't just happen because various companies did R&D investments in building (better) computers, but also because companies actually spent money buying computers for their office workers and because those office workers spent time learning how to use computers.
- getnormality 2y agoIf A caused B caused C, how does one determine the relative contributions of A and B to C? It makes no sense.
- tbrownaw 2y agoThat's because binary logic is the wrong model. B requires A. C requires both A and B. But also, A has a cost and B has a cost, and spending more on A or B can maybe get you more C. Maybe spending more on developing better computers won't actually help anything (because they've already got 640k memory, which is enough for anyone). But only half of the people who can benefit from them have actually bought one so far, so collectively spending twice as much on buying computers can make them collectively twice as beneficial.