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"Essentially he's asking why person-hours are expended on things that make the most money rather than things that are important, for some definition of important."
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"3. The number of people employed on frivolous things seems larger than it is, because e.g. things designed for entertainment are by their nature more visible than infrastructure. So it is dangerous to draw conclusions based on anecdotal evidence."
"Essentially he's asking why person-hours are expended on things that make the most money rather than things that are important, for some definition of important."
[...]
"3. The number of people employed on frivolous things seems larger than it is, because e.g. things designed for entertainment are by their nature more visible than infrastructure. So it is dangerous to draw conclusions based on anecdotal evidence."
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