Comic #6449: productivity-2

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Panel 1: Person 1: "WAIT, YOU’RE IN AN AGE WHERE ANY FILM, ANY BOOK, ANY MUSIC, ANY SEXUAL ACT CAN BE SUMMONED UP, USING A DEVICE THAT FITS IN YOUR POCKET?"

Panel 2: Person 2: "YEAH."

Panel 3: Person 1: "AND YOU THINK IT’S MYSTERIOUS THAT LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH HAS SLOWED DOWN?"

Bottom text: "Economists of the past would be amazed by the things that confuse us."