The pie charts in the link below certainly make one think.
http://www.maniacworld.com/pie-charts-that-make-you-think.html
Much of what we do can consume resources and increase chances of something going wrong yet make no contribution to the goal of the activities.
When we see a significant decline in traffic deaths we find that the reason for the decline is that gasoline prices have gone up and people have cut back on driving. It had nothing to do with better roads, cars, laws, or driver training. Often those things increase crashes. Turn a dirt road into an interstate and the road becomes a race track. The vehicles off the road in icy weather are the four wheel drives. The two wheel vehicles drivers have to slow down.
In a full analysis of resources in and out of a system, be it community, firm, or family, we can find hazards and losses due to unnecessary activities that produce no benefit.
http://www.maniacworld.com/pie-charts-that-make-you-think.html
Much of what we do can consume resources and increase chances of something going wrong yet make no contribution to the goal of the activities.
When we see a significant decline in traffic deaths we find that the reason for the decline is that gasoline prices have gone up and people have cut back on driving. It had nothing to do with better roads, cars, laws, or driver training. Often those things increase crashes. Turn a dirt road into an interstate and the road becomes a race track. The vehicles off the road in icy weather are the four wheel drives. The two wheel vehicles drivers have to slow down.
In a full analysis of resources in and out of a system, be it community, firm, or family, we can find hazards and losses due to unnecessary activities that produce no benefit.
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