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On 07/16/2015 09:24 AM, Andrew Pollack via Marxism wrote:
the decades-old
conundrum of why computerization hasn't transformed the economy the way
railroads and then auto did.
I can't claim authority for the whole US economy, but in the railroad
industry where I worked, computers most definitely increased
productivity by eliminating thousands of mainly clerical jobs. Now not
just clerical, but with crews and mechanical forces, with sensors and
gps maxed out on the power.(locomotives)
Certainly likely true with the rest of transportation and distribution,
trucks, Walmart, Amazon etc. Bricks and mortar are on life support.
Jon Flanders
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