Writing in 2016, economist robert gordon of northwestern university stated his views of the effects of information technology on the economy:
we don't eat computers or wear them or drive to work in them or let them cut our hair. we live in dwelling units that have appliances much like those of the 1950s, and we drive in motor vehicles that perform the same functions as in the 1950s, albeit with more convenience and of the economy has already benefited from the internet and web revolution, and in this sphere of the economic activity, methods of production have been little changed over the past revolutions in everyday life made possible by e-commerce and search engines were already well established [by 2004].
source: robert j. gordon, the rise and fall of american growth: the u. s. standard of living since the civil war, princeton, nj: princeton university press, 2016, p. 579.

if gordon's observations about the information revolution are correct, that implies