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Re:GPT-5.5 by cynicalpeace on Thursday April 23, 2026 @09:23PM (#47884412)
I'm not even proposing that growth would have been higher without "technology". I said information technology has not increased productivity growth compared to the past. This is an observation of fact.
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Re:GPT-5.5 by simianwords on Friday April 24, 2026 @01:25AM (#47885928)
> Productivity metrics were better when businesses were run on just pen and paper

This is what you said.

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Re:GPT-5.5 by cynicalpeace on Friday April 24, 2026 @09:04AM (#47889658)
Again, that is a simple observation of fact. No counterfactual needed. I said it had confounding factors, and I offered hypotheses

I asked you for alternative hypotheses and you've offered none.

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