"Obviously not, it's a nonlinear relationship, but just because it's not a simple or well defined function presently doesn't mean the relationship is not there. It's absolutely the case that some things would get cheaper for you, yes. Probably not luxury goods, but a lot of your staples would - and these are things that all of us need."

I feel this is a case where an intuitive feeling for Amdahl's law might be useful. Although maybe people in these threads aren't typical HN types.