> Perhaps, but if they're not interested (or can contribute more value to >> the framework in some other way), that may just leave you. If you're not >> interested, why should anyone else be? >> >> Because other people are different than me. :) > They might like this sort of thing. >
That's my point -- if others are not doing what you want, that is likely because they don't want to (i.e., they are *not* different from you). If they like this sort of thing, then they'll do it. > For further reading, see >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative_advantage. >> >> Pffff.... Don't even get me started with Adam-Smith's BS.... > I liked this quote: > "...comparative advantage is a metaphysical assumption, rather than a > discovery..." > > I will only gain better advantage learning thing in order to change them, > if the amount of effort I would invest in the practice of learning, would > be negated by the value I gain from "consecutive" changes I later make. It > "pre-assumes" that there would be such changes... > Long-term investment are only profitable in "iterative" occurrences, in > which each consecutive occurrence gains more benefit, reducing the > overall impact of the up-front investment. In case of a one-off action one > needs to take, the invested-effort becomes unprofitable. > I wasn't suggesting that you personally would gain more than you give by making contributions -- you won't. I just meant that relative to someone like Massimo, you have a comparative advantage in easy tasks over hard tasks, even though you are less efficient at both. Suppose Task A takes an expert 1 hour and you 4 hours, and Task B takes an expert 2 hours and you 16 hours. You have a comparative advantage in Task A, so you should do it, even though it takes you longer. You doing Task A and the expert doing Task B will take only 6 hours of community time, rather than 17 hours of community time with the opposite assignments (in the extreme, suppose you don't know how to do Task B at all, so it doesn't even get done). Put more simply, if less expert users work on some of the easier tasks, that frees up the more expert users to handle the harder tasks for a greater net benefit to the community. Anthony -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
