> It’s interesting to consider that almost everything we purchase can be improved immediately. Usually there are cost savings that result in sub-par properties.
I think it's not just purchases, it's basically everything we ever come in contact with. See e.g. the fact that in software there seems to be a never ending set of long-hanging fruit tasks that can always be assigned to onboard new team members.
More generally there seems to be the great cycle of off-the-shelf -> customization -> full integration -> modularization -> off-the-shelf that affects everything and, given the time and energy, you can always move "forward" in this cycle.
I think it's not just purchases, it's basically everything we ever come in contact with. See e.g. the fact that in software there seems to be a never ending set of long-hanging fruit tasks that can always be assigned to onboard new team members.
More generally there seems to be the great cycle of off-the-shelf -> customization -> full integration -> modularization -> off-the-shelf that affects everything and, given the time and energy, you can always move "forward" in this cycle.