"security and maintenance burden" == "cost" == "cost-driven decision"

aspenmayer · 2025-08-01T19:28:45 1754076525

Capital inputs are one part of the equation. The human cost of mental and contextual overhead cannot be reduced to dollars and cents.

mixdup · 2025-08-01T21:05:07 1754082307

Sure it can. It takes X people Y hours a day/month/week to perform tasks, including planning and digging up the context behind, related to this service. Those X people make Z dollars per year. It's an extremely simple math equation

aspenmayer · 2025-08-02T00:24:39 1754094279

Emotional labor doesn’t show up on a balance sheet.