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Re:Why isn’t new technology making us more productive? by iratewizard on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @12:37AM (#31500663)
The same new cars that need the entire transmission replaced if any one thing goes wrong in it? Compared to those poorly built old cars where you could blow a gasket and just put a new one in?
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Re:Why isn’t new technology making us more productive? by 1123581321 on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @01:42AM (#31500993)
Yes, exactly those. I would recommend reasoning backwards from the longevity statistics to the potential reasons for the changes to the designs of individual parts and systems.
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Re:Why isn’t new technology making us more productive? by iratewizard on Thursday May 26, 2022 @09:03AM (#31517809)
Based on my calculations, it was money.
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Re:Why isn’t new technology making us more productive? by 1123581321 on Thursday May 26, 2022 @02:03PM (#31521532)
Sort of. Try looking at the relationship between longevity, resale value, purchase price and margin.
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