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Re:Ask HN: Were we more productive 10, 15, or 20 years ago? by muzani on Sunday March 11, 2018 @09:53AM (#16562988)
I think it's more that there's so many distractions now that a lot of people spend the whole day doing practically nothing.

Maybe in the past, it would take a whole night to do taxes. Today it would still take the whole night to do taxes, but three quarters of that time is going down the rabbit hole of googling tax exemptions, etc.

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Re:Ask HN: Were we more productive 10, 15, or 20 years ago? by Infernal on Sunday March 11, 2018 @10:22AM (#16563105)
So presumably you’re able to optimize better given the same amount of time? That feels like a productivity increase to my way of thinking.
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