alt Hacker NewsThis is a classic case of Productivity Paradox when personal computers were first introduced into workplaces in the 80s.
A famous economist once said, "You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics."
There are many reasons for the lag in productivity gain but it certainly will come.
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My unfounded hunch for the computing bit is that home computers became more and more commonplace in the home as we approached the 21st century.
A Commodore 64 was a cool gadget, but “the family computer” became a device that commoditized the productivity. The opportunity cost of applying a computer to try something new went to near zero.
It might have been harder for someone to improve the productivity of an old factory in Shreveport, Louisiana with a computer than it was for the upstarts at id to make Doom.
> There are many reasons for the lag in productivity gain but it certainly will come.
Predictions without a deadline are unfalsifiable.
That's only certain if investments in tech infrastructure always led to productivity increases. But sometimes they just don't. Lots of firms spent a lot of money on blockchain five years ago, for instance, and that money is just gone now.