Sorts of worth | Seth’s Weblog

Which is price extra, Type of Blue from Miles Davis, or the third Boston album?

It will depend on your style. I hope we will agree, although, that the truth that Miles spent 4 days on his album and Tom spent eight years on his is irrelevant.

Typically, we purchase the story of inconvenient creation. The carrots on the farmer’s market or a home made piece of pottery is price extra as a result of we all know the main target and care that went into the creation of an merchandise.

However software program isn’t price extra when it’s hand-coded, and WhatsApp didn’t get acquired for billions of {dollars} as a result of that they had hundreds of workers.

Then again, when British Petroleum paid Landor thousands and thousands for a brand new emblem, the conferences and energy and deniability had been a part of what they had been paying for. The Nike emblem isn’t highly effective as a result of they spent lots of time or cash on it…

Freelancers are near their work, and it’s straightforward to inform ourselves that what we promote is our effort. That’s an error. There’s hardly ever a correlation between effort and worth.

Even if you happen to cost by the hour, you’re not promoting hours. You’re promoting one thing purchasers can use.

Purchasers can pay extra for one thing helpful than one thing that was troublesome.

November 18, 2025