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		ajb 38 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The first time I was almost fired from Apple "all that money" here refers to the money they lost due to the mistake. The sunk cost fallacy refers to money you intended to spend...

PunchTunnel 37 days ago [–]

You may want to refresh yourself on the definition. Sunk cost is resources already spent, which cannot be recovered - the inability to recover it is what drives the reluctance in the case of the fallacy.

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