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So, one could buy a Picturephone in 1970, but it was completely impractical. Today, any average person can do video calls across the world. The "invention > r

• throw0101c 2y ago
  > Today, any average person can do video calls across the world. Yes, the book makes the point that computers and the Internet was one of the inventions that were and an improvement post-1970s. But the productivity bump of those seem to have peaked around 2004 (the book has numbers up to 2014, as it was published in 2016). Apple's iSight was released in 2003: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISight The first webcam was in 1993: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_Room_coffee_pot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_Room_coffee_pot
  • pfdietz 2y ago
    US labor productivity has increased considerably since just after that book was published, so I strongly doubt the peaking claim there.