Why "no progress in apps" misses the point: tech takes time to show in productivity stats
dreamwieber · x · 2026-09-26
The poster argues that questions like "why don't I see progress in apps" miss the fact that previous technological innovations took quite a while to show up in productivity statistics. With everything accelerating, judging by old timeframes leads to misreads.
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