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Where does debt collide?

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debt3 CONSTRUCTSDebt (Economics)FISHER · ECONOMICSDebt (Software)CUNNINGHAM · SOFTWAREDebt (Sleep)VAN DONGEN · SLEEP SCIENCE

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Economics

an obligation to repay borrowed money, whose real burden rises when prices fall.

In economics, debt refers to an obligation to repay borrowed money, whose real burden rises when prices fall. This meaning comes from Fisher (1933) in Econometrica. Here debt is not the future cost of rework taken on by choosing an expedient design now; nor the cumulative shortfall of sleep relative to need, with deficits that build night over night.[1]

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Software engineering

the future cost of rework taken on by choosing an expedient design now.

In software engineering, debt refers to the future cost of rework taken on by choosing an expedient design now. This meaning comes from Cunningham (1992) in Addendum to the proceedings on Object-oriented programming systems, languages, and applications (Addendum) - OOPSLA '92. Here debt is not an obligation to repay borrowed money, whose real burden rises when prices fall; nor the cumulative shortfall of sleep relative to need, with deficits that build night over night.[2]

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Sleep science

the cumulative shortfall of sleep relative to need, with deficits that build night over night.

In sleep science, debt refers to the cumulative shortfall of sleep relative to need, with deficits that build night over night. This meaning comes from Van Dongen (2003) in Sleep. Here debt is not an obligation to repay borrowed money, whose real burden rises when prices fall; nor the future cost of rework taken on by choosing an expedient design now.[3]

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References

  1. Fisher, I. (1933). The Debt-Deflation Theory of Great Depressions. Econometrica, 1(4), 337–357. https://doi.org/10.2307/1907327
  2. Cunningham, W. (1992). The WyCash portfolio management system. Addendum to the proceedings on Object-oriented programming systems, languages, and applications (Addendum) - OOPSLA '92. https://doi.org/10.1145/157709.157715
  3. Van Dongen, H. P. A., Maislin, G., Mullington, J. M., & Dinges, D. F. (2003). The Cumulative Cost of Additional Wakefulness: Dose-Response Effects on Neurobehavioral Functions and Sleep Physiology From Chronic Sleep Restriction and Total Sleep Deprivation. Sleep, 26(2), 117-126. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/26.2.117

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