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The right side of the bell curve can now program an application worth many dollars per month and zero marginal reproduction costs. The left side of the bell cur
by ipnon 4y ago
The right side of the bell curve can now program an application worth many dollars per month and zero marginal reproduction costs. The left side of the bell curve is incapable of extending these technologies but increasingly consumes them due to their low cost. This can explain the seemingly paradoxical phenomena of the rich becoming fabulously richer, wage growth stagnating on average, and productivity barely improving. The inventions of the last 50 years were of smart people for smart people. We wanted flying cars on Mars, we ended up exchanging Amazon warehouse jobs for free TikTok.
- npc12345 4y agoThere's also people with no high school diplomas making 6 figures from advertising on those very same social networks.
- vkou 4y agoA good hustler can make six figures in a sales job without any diploma. Sales doesn't care about your credentials, all your boss wants to know is if you can close deals.
- ceeplusplus 4y agoEmotional intelligence is still intelligence. You need high EQ to be a good salesman. So still on the right side of the bell curve.
- theteapot 4y agoDifferent bell curve.
- avgcorrection 4y agoSiri, give me the most HN comment on productivity development. (Golly gee, this consumer technology sure is swell)
- tonguez 4y ago“The right side of the bell curve can now program an application worth many dollars per month and zero marginal reproduction costs.” “The inventions of the last 50 years were of smart people for smart people.” building the surveillance state for big brother isn’t intelligent. also, they get paid a salary.