By badbitch on Skatehive
Every choice gives you something and costs you something else. I've always wanted to argue that nothing exists in isolation. Every gain, improvement, or advantage comes with a corresponding cost, sacrifice, risk, or foregone alternative. This is a reality that a lot of people are not comfortable with. One can easily come to this conclusion because everyday we find people talk about how the world is too fixated on "money" and "social status" — which itself is a currency, that they don't realize that their annoyance is illogical. Trade offs, opportunity costs, zero-sum, these are all phrases that points to the reality that every interaction leads to loss or gain to the parties involved. It is fundamental When you optimize a system for speed, you risk accuracy. When you prioritize security, you sign up for inconvenience. When you chase more profits, you take on significant exposure to losses. When we want decentralization, we tend to forget that this will mean embracing inefficiency. The