Socialism vs. capitalism often reduces to time vs money vs luck tradeoff. You wait in queues, or you pay more, or you buy lottery tickets.
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and my preferences over time have changed from wait -> lottery -> pay. I wonder if that is typical trajectory.
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yes, because you evolve from time rich/cash poor to time poor/cash rich. Lottery in middle only if you have the optionality.

