Knowledge may be a consideration as well. For the past
six months I had been tinkering with a 25-year-old top-loading washing
machine. The motor was replaced last summer, and after
the spin tube wore out last month, I decided to replace
the machine with a new front-loading model that uses much
less water and electricity.
If a new machine had been purchased months ago, thousands
of gallons of water would have been saved. However,
the experience of disassembling the old machine taught me
some of the basics of diagnosis and repair.
Are knowledge and well-being correlated?
Michael
On Sun, Jan 02, 2000 at 12:59:52PM -0800, Jeff Owens wrote:
>
> My view of all this is slightly different from the book.
> I view an appliance as something that increases comfort
> and happiness. To really evaluate we need to ask how
> significant is its contribution to our well being and
> what the impact of other alternatives would be. If the
> appliance saves time then we need to look at what
> activities take our time and evaluate them at the
> same time.
>
> jeff
>
>
