Ever heard of the faster/cheaper/better paradox? It says that anything can be broken down into three groups: get it faster, get it cheaper, or get it better… but you can only pick two. So something must always be sacrificed: faster and cheaper means it won’t be better, and cheaper and better means it won’t be faster. Does this strike anyone as a bit unrealistic? Why can’t something be all three?
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