The slowing pace of innovation as measured by time saved. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/magazine/are-we-doomed-to-slow-growth.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.c

The slowing pace of innovation as measured by time saved. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/magazine/are-we-doomed-to-slow-growth.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/magazine/are-we-doomed-to-... The trend since the 1970s in which the wealthiest reap the majority of any economic growth and hold more and more assets while the middle class and poor have seen wages stagnate as compared to inflation or shrink, and an increasing gap in wealth. http://www.cbpp.org/research/poverty-and-inequality/a-guide-to-statistics-on-historical-trends-in-income-inequality http://www.cbpp.org/research/poverty-and-inequality/a-guide-... The trend of finance as an increasing part of GDP and shareholder return being seen as a better proxy for economic success then long term growth, investment in durable assets, and infrastructure, especiall when much of the value finance and immediate shareholder returns add are questionable. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/novemberdecember_2014/features/frenzied_financialization052714.php?page=all http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/novemberdecember_2...