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by fifanut 1289 days ago
My oven spends most of its time off, and when I use it, it's heats only to 70% of its potential.

My hair clippers are unused 99.9% of the time.

There are benefits to having the ability to opportunistically burst into 100%, and some benefits aren't easily measurable in performance terms (having an up to date secure MacBook).

We can find wasted potential in various places:

* the millions of people receiving poor education

* people working in jobs below their potential skillset

* galaxies with vast idle resources

* people spending time on logistics/bureaucracy

There's a world of opportunity out there for improvement.