In economics you learn about marginal cost, and marginal benefit. You learn that it’s not always about the monetary cost, but also the opportunity cost of performing an action. I understand this, but most people don’t understand that time is one of our most precious resources. It is a resource that is finite, and you cannot find an alternative for it. Investing in the long term can you save you a lot of MONEY and TIME. This is especially the case with an old printer that my family is using. A member of my family decided to bring it back to life only to find out that we are wasting more time and money by having to sit by it and unjam it every other sheet.