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77: I didn't read the title in full before I read the chapter. I must admit that "Sunk Costs" weren't a lesson that sprung to my mind as I read. Since sunk costs are such an important lesson to convey I rather hope there is another chapter on the subject. It strikes me as something that is easy to contrive scenarios to illustrate.
Similar reaction here.
I was actually wondering more about the “Interlude with the Confessor” part. Is it non-obvious only to me? There’s a chapter with that name in Three Worlds Collide, but other than both containing a private dialogue between two people of different ages I don’t quite see the relation.
I also was left thinking at the end "Where are the sunk costs?"
The sunk costs are what Snape has done and the costs to him and his life.
So, it's that Snape isn't fixing his life because he's bummed out about sunk costs?
That does seem to be the implication. However, he may actually decide to fix it.
Where 'he' hopefully means 'Eliezer'.
Huh? He means the fictional character Snape. That is, I hope that in the narrative Snape will decide to fix it.
Whereas through playing on ambiguity I am hoping that Eliezer will put something in the story about actual sunk costs, which Snape's story does not currently qualify as! As of right now the story is broken.
Or alternatively, the title is broken.
Yes, a two word fix right there!
Ah yes. This makes sense. In that context I agree with your statement as well.
That's the closest thing to a sunk cost in the chapter but it just doesn't quite fit. It's somewhere just outside the borders of sunk costs and sour grapes.