Pick some other inconvenience which has a small but non-zero disutility and repeat the exercise.
I’m not disputing the validity of the thought process. I don’t think the example was well chosen, however. A dust speck, ignoring externalities, doesn’t affect anything. Using even a pinprick would have made the example far better.
Pick some other inconvenience which has a small but non-zero disutility and repeat the exercise.
I’m not disputing the validity of the thought process. I don’t think the example was well chosen, however. A dust speck, ignoring externalities, doesn’t affect anything. Using even a pinprick would have made the example far better.