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My dad has a great quote on computers and automation: "In the 1970s when office computers started to come out we were told: 'Computers will save you SO much e
by alexpotato 1y ago
My dad has a great quote on computers and automation:
"In the 1970s when office computers started to come out we were told:
'Computers will save you SO much effort you won't know what to do with all of your free time'.
We just ended up doing more things per day thanks to computers."
- joshdavham 1y agoYour dad sounds like a wise man!
- perilunar 1y agoIt’s Solow’s paradox: “You can see the computer age everywhere, except in productivity statistics.” — Nobel Prize-winning American economist Robert Solow, in 1987
- alexpotato 1y agoI forget where I heard this but there was an interesting quote: "In the early 1900s, 25% of the US population worked in agriculture. Today it's 2%. I would imagine that economists back then would be astounded by that change. I should point out: there were also no pediatric oncologists back then."