Modern economic growth has doubled technological capabilities every generation since 1870.

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• Technology is a lever on the world -- the way to make more with less -- and productivity growth is the main driver of wages, industries and jobs. MAMarc Andreessen16 Oct 2023
• Before about 1870 every burst of productivity growth was eaten by a burst of population growth, leaving living standards where they were. DVDietrich Vollrath11 Oct 2022
• The skills America picked up while becoming an industrial power are what set it up for a century of technological leadership. DWDan Wang1 Jan 2020
• Technological progress did not slow down from 1970 to the present, compared with its pre-1970 speed SAScott Alexander1 Jan 2014

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