Why isn’t new technology making us more productive?

Re:Why isn’t new technology making us more productive? by XorNot on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @08:32PM (#31499223)

Dishwashers use a fraction of the water they used to. It is more water and power efficient to use a dishwasher then to wash dishes by hand. [1]

In all these responses what I'm noticing is people missing the vast gains in efficiency from our appliances over the last few decades: everything we have gives more, and uses less.

[1] https://www.aceee.org/files/proceedings/2008/data/papers/1_1...

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Re:Why isn’t new technology making us more productive? by Ekaros on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @02:18AM (#31501179)

On the other side the water and energy use has been trade off for time use. Living in country with plenty of fresh water I might prefer to waste some for faster cycle time. So in sense things have actually gotten worse.

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Re:Why isn’t new technology making us more productive? by Retric on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @07:56AM (#31503251)

It’s not really about water use. Dishwashers require very hot water, so less water directly translates into dramatically less energy use.

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