We nod to the idea of value-subtraction whenever we fall back on Horace's phrase about laboring to bring forth a mouse, or lament the forests felled to make possible a terrible book, or recollect an experience of working by committee.
We may feel that a tree has been wasted if the book made from it is not one we like.
mnli hypothesis: We may feel that a tree has been wasted if the book made from it is not one we like. premise: We nod to the idea of value-subtraction whenever we fall back on Horace's phrase about laboring to bring forth a mouse, or lament the forests felled to make possible a terrible book, or recollect an experience of working by committee.