[dpatru]

For decades computers and related technology have been dropping in price. Yet people still buy and the industry is one of the most prosperous in the economy.

[jagged-chisel]

It is difficult to compare because we don’t have apples that have become smaller with higher nutritional value by approximately a factor of two every 18 months.

[quickthrower2]

Nor do we have a way to make our bodies less energy efficient by the same factor :-)

[ClumsyPilot]

No finance advisor ever recommendes you invest by epending you life savings on computers

[quickthrower2]

Computers produce a dividend (their usefulness to produce other income, and/or as entertainment)