Re: Request free live CD

[Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>]

On Sun, 13 Feb 2022 12:36:04 -0000 (UTC)
Curt <curty@free.fr> wrote:

> On 2022-02-11, Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >>   https://www.debian.org/CD/free-linux-cd
> >> 
> >> Since burning a CD and putting into the mail costs money, you can't
> >> expect someone doing it for you. In the above page it is explained
> >
> > I'm genuinely curious about this: time and money are both scarce and
> > precious resources. Why is there an assumption that people will gladly
> > donate of their time to help others, but not their money? Is it because
> > the assumption is that the person asking for help should just spend
> > his own money, but may not be able to solve his problem by spending his
> > own time?
> 
> Because your premise is false, and there is no equivalence between time
> and money.

I have no premise of an "equivalence" between time and money; the
question of why people distinguish between them is nevertheless a
legitimate one, since they are both scarce resources which people have
to prioritize and allocate between their own personal needs and those of
others.

Celejar