soyagi@yiffit.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhy is technology not making us more productive?www.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10cross-posted to: workreform@lemmy.world
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkWhy is technology not making us more productive?www.bbc.comsoyagi@yiffit.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: workreform@lemmy.world
minus-squareRazgriz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoSimple. What “productive” entails has been evolving alongside tech advances. A person today is expected to handle more work within a week that people achieved in a month a couples decades ago.
minus-squareNighed@sffa.communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThats the point of the article, we have been getting more productive, but have stalled.
minus-squarenivenkos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoHere they mean economic productivity though - gross product / # employees. It’s more industry based, but use of automation and machinery plays a big role too.
minus-squareFUBAR@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThat’s what the poster said. One person producing more work than a person decades ago
minus-squarenivenkos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoYeah, but maybe the issue is that people’s work doesn’t correspond to output. Like the “Bullshit Jobs” phenomenon.
Simple. What “productive” entails has been evolving alongside tech advances.
A person today is expected to handle more work within a week that people achieved in a month a couples decades ago.
Thats the point of the article, we have been getting more productive, but have stalled.
Here they mean economic productivity though - gross product / # employees.
It’s more industry based, but use of automation and machinery plays a big role too.
That’s what the poster said. One person producing more work than a person decades ago
Yeah, but maybe the issue is that people’s work doesn’t correspond to output.
Like the “Bullshit Jobs” phenomenon.