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utility.md

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 A rich man is not as _satisfied_ by receiving one dollar as a poor man would be,
 therefore the utility of the dollar is contextual, not objective.
 
+## In This Notebook
+
+I use "utility" perhaps a bit loosely compared to Wikipedia.
+
+If I say that some voluntary activity "has high utility",
+I mean that it is worth doing,
+even considering the expense
+(usually labor or dollars).
+
+In this way "utility" is more of a signal
+that I'm speaking objectively,
+and that I've thought about
+
+## See Also
+
 [Sorites paradox in utility theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorites_paradox#Resolutions_in_utility_theory)
 
 ## Normative and Descriptive Utility