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You’re always a day away. <br> | You’re always a day away. <br> | ||
:— “Tomorrow”, from ''Annie'' (1977)}} | :— “Tomorrow”, from ''Annie'' (1977)}} | ||
“When budget allows” is a mystical, [[hypothetical]] time in the future that, like Little Orphan Annie’s ''Tomorrow'', is always there, dangling tantalisingly | “When budget allows” is a mystical, [[hypothetical]] time in the future that, like Little Orphan Annie’s ''Tomorrow'', is always there, dangling tantalisingly before us, as each day turns, getting no nearer. It is an [[Indeterminate liability|indeterminate]] time of hope and aspiration: a sunlit dream-time in which there ''will'' be budget to hook up that feed, build out that [[API]] or invest in that brilliant piece of [[legaltech]], for which there is no budget ''now''. | ||
Logicians will immediately sense a [[paradox]]. If the worth of the application ''now'' is is too small to pass muster, its [[present value]] when delivered at some unknowable time in the future is surely smaller still. How ? | Logicians will immediately sense a [[paradox]]. If the worth of the application ''now'' is is too small to pass muster, its [[present value]] when delivered at some unknowable time in the future is surely smaller still. How ? | ||