Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: What will be changed forever

[Brian Bartholomew (bartholomew.brian]

 > Clark concludes that the amount of capital in the world (I have not
> a clue how economists measure capital) has remained constant
> throughout history. [...] Technological advances have not increased
> prosperity because population growth has cancelled out the
> advantages of innovation. Innovations have just kept more and more
> of us even on the treadmill of history.

Then these innovations have not increased prosperity:

 dentistry
 trauma surgery
 cellular phones
 air conditioning

I don't believe these technological advances are worthless. If the
article gets this wrong, what else does it get wrong?

Brian