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    5 months ago

    Productivity increases were probably from computers. My job has been replacing hundreds of processing staff with computer software. Lately it had been moving the last paper processes to electronic and consolidating as much data as possible

    I think my industry (data capture and processing) has had x100 productivity increases. I doubt the same has happened in more physical work

    Put another way, people aren’t more productive, systems are