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But that very restriction forced a level of creativity I had never accessed before. It is the beauty of pure function, of absolute clarity, of a system so well-organized that it allows an expert user to locate one specific item out of a million possibilities with astonishing speed and confidence. This act of externalizing and organizing what can feel like a chaotic internal state is inherently calming and can significantly reduce feelings of anxiety and overwhelm. It’s a clue that points you toward a better solution. Marshall McLuhan's famous phrase, "we shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us," is incredibly true for design. The truly radical and unsettling idea of a "cost catalog" would be one that includes the external costs, the vast and often devastating expenses that are not paid by the producer or the consumer, but are externalized, pushed onto the community, onto the environment, and onto future generations.