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Old 02-15-2013, 05:18 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by nemo View Post
Time cant be saved, but used more efficiently. At the end of the trip the person sit in front of the tube, he has not gained anything. If that person use the extra time during the trip to say, have conversation with son or daughter it has not been wasted.
Exactly. I'm sick of these hypothetical "value of my time" arguments as an excuse for profligate consumption. I can estimate my time is worth $20,000/hour, but if I'm not actually working during whatever time I've specified and not actually getting paid $20,000/hour for it, it's absolutely meaningless. Every minute of every day that I'm not working and earning money is, by their logic, "wasted," and I should minimize the time it takes to do...everything else, regardless of actual cost.

Or, I can keep repeating the word "value," and eventually--value--maybe I'll--value--see the light. Value.

Value.
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