
What Did Acemoglu Get Wrong?
ROCKING OUR PRIORS
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Is There Anything That You've Got Wrong?
i used to be more optimistic about technology. But i think in doing that, just like many other economists, i did not place enough emphasis on some of the negative things that came out in that process. Just the misuse, or lack of views of technology, which is badrock of the difference between rich and poor nations. And if we use it for surveillance,. that's where data comes in, a ses by privacy, i think is you should, we shouldn't underestimate the value Of automation, empowering bosses and managers at the expense of workers? That's going to be the type of technological change that's going to lift everybody out of poverty. It's socialty ideas also come in
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