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[Laws] John Tobler's Law of Tradeoffs

I am hereby staking at least temporary claim to ---

John Tobler's Law of Tradeoffs

"For everything there is a tradeoff."

For years, I have mentioned some variation of this law to colleagues, vaguely referring to it by saying, "As one of the great laws says, 'For everything there is a tradeoff.'"  Sometimes you see or hear it as, "Everything's a tradeoff."  After a certain amount of due diligence, I have not found this law encapsulated under an official name or attributed directly to anyone.  Therefore, for now, I am staking my claim to it and naming it "John Tobler's Law of Tradeoffs."

If you know of a reference that definitively allocates this important law elsewhere, let me know and I will be happy to release my claim and adopt the correct attribution!

 

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