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DonThomasitos 6 hours ago

Part of the story why we can‘t feel the hypothetical productivity gains of the last century is that certain goods became 1. more expensive and 2. last shorter. This movement (as mentioned in the tractor example) might be the result of people realizing this: what drives GDP (expensive throw away crap) might not always drive wealth.

kmacdough 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Also because Elon and Friends took all the money.