Non linear cognition is important in a situation like this. Clippy might be able to earn more money in a shorter period of time by purchasing a large stock of GPUs and reselling them. If he goes into mining and the value:difficulty ratio of bitcoins ever becomes unfavorable he may redirect his cheap supply of GPU cycles towards solving important medical problems in humans such as paperclip-apathy or senescence.
Non linear cognition is important in a situation like this. Clippy might be able to earn more money in a shorter period of time by purchasing a large stock of GPUs and reselling them. If he goes into mining and the value:difficulty ratio of bitcoins ever becomes unfavorable he may redirect his cheap supply of GPU cycles towards solving important medical problems in humans such as paperclip-apathy or senescence.