What is fair?

A lot of the time we make things seem to be fair when the thing is ultimately not fair. Really the whole situation is saturated with the unfairness. So, a lowered artificial benchmark of fairness is instituted.

An example is building. I recall in the nyTimes: In Europe architecture takes into account the context of a new building: how will it fit the town, serve people, how much will the materials cost and from where will they come, the extent of disruptions, the durability of the building, finally how to remove the building if that time arrives. In the United States we build and a building pops right up. We see a bottom line but not the other costs. The only guide we have for fairness and cost is money.