The Importance of Reflective Systems

"There was a time when I was good at math," he says. "This is why I get to be a podcast host, right? The tippy top of the intelligentsia because I am unfazed by these things." A baton ball cost a dollar and 10 cents in total; it costs $1 more than the ball if you subtract one number from the other. If it takes five machines, five minutes to make five widgets, how long would it take?"