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marcosdumayyesterday at 5:10 PM1 replyview on HN

Yes. Jevon's paradox is that if we need less X to do a single Y, we end up using more X doing Y.

Anyway, it's an specific observation about a single X, Y pair. It some times happens with other things, but anybody claiming it's a universal rule don't know what they are talking about.


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bombcartoday at 12:39 PM

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