Kevin Kelly: What's going to give our lives meaning? He says technology is an extension of the same self-organizing life force that runs through life and actually began at the big bang. Kelly: When we make stuff and invent new things with technology, we're participating in that long arc that runs through the universe which can give us some meaning in our lives.
Kevin Kelly talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about measuring productivity in the internet age and recent claims that the U.S. economy has entered a prolonged period of stagnation. Then the conversation turns to the potential of robots to change the quality of our daily lives.