If there was any 4th of July to blast that song its this 4th of July.

• install a solar system, no matter how big or small

Gee, get a load’a this one, goin round whackin heliocentric planetary systems in people’s yards. Kickin off the gravitational alignment of Earth with their extra “sun and planets” next to the lavender.

I hear they even do dual-star solar systems… pffft… thats just showing off.

Not really a counterpoint, they’re talking about how a person can make their life easier by learning something. Your example is analogous.

You learned a different way to record the written word to make life easier. OP is talking about learning a different way to calculate numbers, to make life easier. They’re the same.