← Back to context Comment by IshKebab 7 hours ago No, we pay less for it. But there's much higher demand so overall use goes up. 2 comments IshKebab Reply TheLudd 6 hours ago Right. That is not a paradox as stated.The paradox would be: * a TV used to be really expensive. So a home just had one * over time TVs become half the price. * now a home has 3 TVs, i.e paying 150% of what they initially payed. IshKebab 1 hour ago It is a paradox. The paradox is that increasing the efficiency of resource usage can lead to more resource usage.If you think that isn't a paradox because you can fairly easily explain why that is the case, you need to go and check what "paradox" means.
TheLudd 6 hours ago Right. That is not a paradox as stated.The paradox would be: * a TV used to be really expensive. So a home just had one * over time TVs become half the price. * now a home has 3 TVs, i.e paying 150% of what they initially payed. IshKebab 1 hour ago It is a paradox. The paradox is that increasing the efficiency of resource usage can lead to more resource usage.If you think that isn't a paradox because you can fairly easily explain why that is the case, you need to go and check what "paradox" means.
IshKebab 1 hour ago It is a paradox. The paradox is that increasing the efficiency of resource usage can lead to more resource usage.If you think that isn't a paradox because you can fairly easily explain why that is the case, you need to go and check what "paradox" means.
Right. That is not a paradox as stated.
The paradox would be:
It is a paradox. The paradox is that increasing the efficiency of resource usage can lead to more resource usage.
If you think that isn't a paradox because you can fairly easily explain why that is the case, you need to go and check what "paradox" means.