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Malone: Technological productivity gains no longer show up on corporate balance sheets
“Productivity was always tied with economic strength, but now we're having non-monetizable productivity, and it began really with the microprocessor. It got cheaper and cheaper, and more and more powerful. So on the balance books, it wasn't producing that much …”
Mike Malone Feb 16, 2020 ▶ 2:19 1667 Top Tech Journalist Predicts We'll All Be Unemployed, Blockchain Takeover, Less Taxes!
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Malone: Freeware helped build the web, but carries enormous social costs
“Freeware has been a devastating thing. It did a wonderful job of building the web. I love freeware, but the cost of it, social costs is enormous.”
Mike Malone Feb 16, 2020 ▶ 13:39 1667 Top Tech Journalist Predicts We'll All Be Unemployed, Blockchain Takeover, Less Taxes!
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