Before we can have a meaningful discussion about this we really need to understand what this Total Factor Productivity graph even means. "In the U.S." implies t

Before we can have a meaningful discussion about this we really need to understand what this Total Factor Productivity graph even means. "In the U.S." implies that it's using GDP or some other nationwide measurement. So we're talking about software's impact on productivity in a system (a large nation) with many other forces at play. That makes the entire discussion a bit narcissistic don't you think?