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		sfvisser on May 4, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Never attribute to stupidity what is adequately ex... Sure, but talking about the opportunity cost of the thing you did pick feels backwards to me. Also, prioritization is not only minimizing cost, you’re probably also maximizing reward. So the calculation is more complicated anyways.

adrianmonk on May 4, 2020 [–]

I didn't see where the article talks specifically about which thing has an opportunity cost. As far as I can tell, it just says opportunity cost is the relevant phenomenon and leaves it to the reader to figure out which things have a cost and how all the math works out on that.

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