• Razgriz@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Simple. What “productive” entails has been evolving alongside tech advances.

    A person today is expected to handle more work within a week that people achieved in a month a couples decades ago.

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      1 year ago

      Here they mean economic productivity though - gross product / # employees.

      It’s more industry based, but use of automation and machinery plays a big role too.

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        1 year ago

        That’s what the poster said. One person producing more work than a person decades ago

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          1 year ago

          Yeah, but maybe the issue is that people’s work doesn’t correspond to output.

          Like the “Bullshit Jobs” phenomenon.