I agree that the non-monetary aspects were missing from the article. However, the point of the article that, even if you purely look at the monetary value, most people get it wrong by overestimating the value of their time. This, along with the other benefits you mention, all lead to the conclusion that we should be doing more for ourselves rather than outsourcing. That being said, does anyone actually fall into is "fallacy"? There have been a few articles lately (at peast this and the "worst argument in the world" one yesterday) that seem to assume the reader has no grasp on logic. (paraphrasing: did you see the mistake these fictional characters made? If not, don't worry little person, I'm sometimes dumb too...). This comes off as a bit self-righteous.