Dual Use
Some of us think this way routinely.
Here are some obvious examples:
Long term vice short
term. An example is the food we eat,
shelf lives, storage ideas, and mostly I have to ultimately eat it; and whether
it is now or later just depends on the circumstances. Otherwise I am wasting my
money, especially if food goes bad.
A
foxhole is basically a hole dug in the earth, but it can be both a military
type position, and a kids play hole; and should be set up for both if one even
digs such hole.
Manual widgets that work
whether we have electricity or not obviously work in both cases.
Medicine. We can use it
short term and long term. Storage is important for the long term. I have
learned that the stated sell or use by dates in the USA can often reasonably be
extended for most over the counter and prescription drugs.
Financial plans can have
both long term and short term objectives. One example is the type of timber
contract a Plantation I used to work at favored it after the Stock Market Crash
of 1929, and I and many others reaped the benefits half a century later. All the decision makers back then were
deceased at the time, that is the half century later time, but all the
descendents and other people like me benefited from their dual use plan.
Manual tools can be used
whether we have electricity and fuel, or not.
Pet dogs are good
companions, but also can be good guard dogs, too. And food for them can feed us
first, with leftovers going to them rather than the garbage, within reason of
course. And today's dog food can feed them, and humans if need be if times get
hard. Even Lewis and Clark ate horse meat when they had it, during hard times.
Clothes bought for use,
vice fads, can be used to keep warm both in the near term, and the far term;
and by one or more.
Well the
examples could go on and on, but the idea of dual use appears to be timeless,
at least to me.
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