I don’t understand your comment. I have found SMART recovery to be free, running off of donations and volunteers. They also sell a few books at a reasonable cost. The only money I have ever spent is donating a few dollars after attending some Family & Friends meetings, and I bought the workbook for something like less than $20.

Another secular alternative is SMART recovery. They have group meetings in-person and online as well as a Family & Friends program. https://www.smartrecovery.org/

Wow it never occurred to me that it was/could-be formally defined in economics terms… but I’ve never studied economics. However, I am aware that is as known as The-dismal-science tho

Hmm that is an interesting take

Good point, I should reword the question. I don’t see it as every transaction is exploitative. But there is some kind of spectrum and I’m trying to understand where do I draw that line/range that separates good from bad. I’m curious to hear other people’s opinions.

Ha wow that sounds expensive (and potentially toxic?) I wonder how the cost compares to common wood fence stain

That’s a pretty good hypothesis 🤔

Well when you put it that way, just about everything can be linked to dying stars 🤓

Thanks for sharing the link!

Cool! I suspected there had to be a practical reason. Thanks for sharing the link!

The French tried doing decimal time using base 10 during the French Revolution. People have thought about it in the past and tried

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_time

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