On Sun, 13 Feb 2022 12:36:04 -0000 (UTC) Curt <cu...@free.fr> wrote: > On 2022-02-11, Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> https://www.debian.org/CD/free-linux-cd > >> > >> Since burning a CD and putting into the mail costs money, you can't > >> expect someone doing it for you. In the above page it is explained > > > > I'm genuinely curious about this: time and money are both scarce and > > precious resources. Why is there an assumption that people will gladly > > donate of their time to help others, but not their money? Is it because > > the assumption is that the person asking for help should just spend > > his own money, but may not be able to solve his problem by spending his > > own time? > > Because your premise is false, and there is no equivalence between time > and money.
I have no premise of an "equivalence" between time and money; the question of why people distinguish between them is nevertheless a legitimate one, since they are both scarce resources which people have to prioritize and allocate between their own personal needs and those of others. Celejar
