If we counted goofing off as part of productivity, we might start to see the gains we expected. Put another way, while computers have made us more productive,

If we counted goofing off as part of productivity, we might start to see the gains we expected. Put another way, while computers have made us more productive, the internet has made it much easier to not do our jobs while at work. I don't think it is a coincidence that the graph stops being as steep around 2005.