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[WaikikiFirst]

And yet US productivity continues to

And yet people continue to misunderstand "productivity". "Productivity" is a CALCULATION. It is less-so a "real thing". It is a calculation.
Recent changes in the "productivity" of a country have almost nothing to do with how "productive" new workers are. For the US, for many yrs now, much larger factors are:

1) MIX & Globalization; people really don't know how to spot MIX. As I stated on anotehr thread (maybe just yesterday), these CALCULATIONS that have a simple numerator and a simple DENOMINATOR, can depend mostly on MIX. Globalization? If globalization sends lower-paying jobs overseas, what happens to US productivity over time? Ask yourself: "Is globalization sending lower-paying or higher-paying jobs overseas from the USA? What does that do to productivity?"

2) the LONG LAGs of TECHNOLOGICAL improvements; every tech improvement that raises productivity (either the real-thing or the calculation, take your pick) does so over many years. Adoption takes many years. It is not flipping-on-a-switch.
Will AI raise productivity? Well, if it does so, it will be over decades. And then you can debate whether it is doing so more by MIX (replacing low-paying jobs) or by making every job and every worker more "productive". In the early days, it is far more likely to be MIX.

And, no, it is not the MIX of one generation's inherent "productivity" vs another. My word

 

[WaikikiFirst]

I teach young adults

You lost me at this. Out in the real world of hiring managers and recruiters, basically none of them agree with you. But, you know, "teachers".

by and large this generation works harder

I've read > 10 such articles in the last 3 or 4 yrs. These articles aren't written by mean old fogies. The "journalists" at these websites are mostly young. Yet, they end up writing these articles. Why? Because that is what the surveys, studies, etc of people in the real world reveal.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/14/the...ba-ceos-advice-for-an-unemployable-gen-z.html
Though maybe IN SCHOOL they have to work harder because they don't know how to work smarter?

far more serious than generations past

Well, they're far more serious about telling other people what to do, how to live, etc. I'll give them that.

 

[WaikikiFirst]

I'm just saying these young workers bust their behinds far more than people back in my day did. The work ethic today is far more serious.

Evidence from people who have a broader and deeper sample size than you have do not agree with you. It is that simple.
As brp said, you have a small sample size. Maybe you knew a bunch of slackers back in your day? Maybe you ended up in a unique situation today? Making broad statements off a small sample size is the problem.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/14/the...ba-ceos-advice-for-an-unemployable-gen-z.html

A hospital executive put it more bluntly: “We are now hiring two or three new docs to replace a retiring one. They tell us we should not be expecting them to work hard because life as a cardiologist isn’t what it used to be.” That is serious work ethic.

 

[BingoBangoBongo]

Why is this thread even in the HGVC Forum? It is getting even more removed from the Forums purpose?

 

[GT75]

Another locked thread.