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> The book author, Robert Gordon has been on this "economic growth is over" Jihad since forever. Let's not start saying everyone who maintains a position you d
by marshray 11y ago
> The book author, Robert Gordon has been on this "economic growth is over" Jihad since forever.
Let's not start saying everyone who maintains a position you don't like over a long term is "on a Jihad".
> I found a 1988(!!) paper where he is complaining that productivity has been slowing down for 20 years (in 1988)
Which is consistent with the claim that 1870-1970 was a special century for technology-driven productivity gains.
- AnimalMuppet 11y agoAnd the growth stopped in 1970? The PC revolution didn't cause growth? Yeah, I'm not buying it. Take Google, for instance. I can now get at the world's information, for free. This only shows up as Google's ad revenues in the GDP statistics, but it's worth far more than that in terms of utility to everyone else. The real value doesn't show up in the statistics because Google is capturing so little of the actual value that they create.
- marshray 11y agoNote that I didn't say growth stopped in 1970, only that the author's position was consistent. While I personally work in a field (cloud services) that is totally driven by PC and internet productivity, I would probably look at the world a lot differently had I grown up with family and a career in the manufacturing sector post WWII.
- dozzie 11y agoConsistent despite the circumstances proving him wrong again and again. Holding up to one's position is only a virtue up to a point, after which it becomes stupidity.