When we invest money, time or another resource we can’t get back, factoring that sunk cost into our future decisions can be a trap.
  • Linus_Torvalds@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    7 months ago

    But be warned, this doesn’t work for everything: it seems that spending wildly on a wedding ceremony or engagement ring doesn’t have a “sunk cost” effect – it fails to increase the likelihood of staying married.

    LOL

    • aodhsishaj@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      7 months ago

      Are you the one true creator of git and kernel? Or are you just some pretender to the throne?

      • Linus_Torvalds@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        7 months ago

        I’ll say what Linus would say: You shouldn’t trust me, even if I say that I’m THE LORD HIMSELF LINUS TORVALDS.

        • trolololol@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          7 months ago

          So you’re claiming to be the Lord himself, since you claim to say what you claim he (you) would say