Early computers couldn't beat a person and now it's very hard. I think that we are constantly redefining what humans are here for, what they're good at. And so I think this is going to be a long-term painful identity crisis where we kind of keep saying, well, what are we really good at?
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.