14. Deus Ex Growth Machina (ft. Aaron Benanav)
This Machine Kills
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The Core Argument Against Automation
The pace of increasing productivity and efficiency in the economy is actually slowing down. It looks like it's happening fast because people don't compare productivity growth today to productivity growth before. So there's this kind of, it's almost like a relative standpoint problem, right? Like we live in an economy that's growing ever more slowly but makes it seem like technology is changing the economy at a faster pace.
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