Writing is a way of making sense of the past.
What you actually pay for something is at least twice the listed price because of the energy, time, money needed to set it up, learn, maintain, repair, and dispose of at the end. Not all prices appear on labels. Actual costs are 2x listed prices.
I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better.
Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.
The central bank needs to be the adult in the room.
"The best way to avoid trouble is to stay out of it."