productivity-2
Original: productivity-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Main comic:
An older man with a beard, wearing a bowler hat and a dark coat, is speaking to a younger man in a white shirt and tie who wears round glasses.
Bearded man: "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?"
Younger man: "Yeah."
Bearded man: "And you think it's mysterious that labor productivity growth has slowed down?"
Caption below the panel: Economists of the past would be amazed by the things that confuse us.
Votey:
The younger man replies.
Younger man: "Sorry I'm only kinda listening cuz tiktok has boobs.?"
An older man with a beard, wearing a bowler hat and a dark coat, is speaking to a younger man in a white shirt and tie who wears round glasses.
Bearded man: "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?"
Younger man: "Yeah."
Bearded man: "And you think it's mysterious that labor productivity growth has slowed down?"
Caption below the panel: Economists of the past would be amazed by the things that confuse us.
Votey:
The younger man replies.
Younger man: "Sorry I'm only kinda listening cuz tiktok has boobs.?"
Alt text
A bearded older man in a bowler hat and dark coat talks with a younger man in a white shirt, tie, and round glasses. The older man says: "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?" The younger man answers "Yeah." The older man continues: "And you think it's mysterious that labor productivity growth has slowed down?" A caption reads: Economists of the past would be amazed by the things that confuse us. In the votey aftercomic, a close-up of the younger man's face shows him replying: "Sorry I'm only kinda listening cuz tiktok has boobs.?" — implying his attention is exactly what the older man was warning about.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.