Obviously wages and productivity had to decouple. Wages measure human labor, while productivity measures all output, including that which comes from automation. ~50 years ago is when automation started to become more than a curiosity in industry.

Human productivity to wages have kept pace with each other, though, so there is nothing to suggest anything has changed for the human. It is not like the robots are seeking promotions (yet).

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contagiousflow an hour ago | parent | next [-]

> ~50 years ago is when automation started to become more than a curiosity in industry

Where did you get that idea from?

	▲	bryanrasmussen 37 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The PLC, Programmable Logic Controller, was 1968. After which it started to become possible to have automated assembly lines with a few humans monitoring specialized robots.

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mullingitover 35 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

> Wages measure human labor, while productivity measures all output, including that which comes from automation.

Until we have sentient robots, all that automation is simply a lever with a human laborer at the end of it.