I should just get a macro for my computer so that when I type "Control T" it writes "Tom Friedman is wrong because" since he so often is, as I pointed out here. But in Today's New York Times Op-Ed he does it again, only maybe even worse; blaming technology for joblessness.  When will he and others realize this is not the case. He writes that information technology "is more rapidly replacing labor with machines." Well, if this were true, how does he explain the fact that productivity growth rates...

We live in a wireless world of tablets, 4G networks, and cloud computing. But on construction sites, where the future is actually being built, making sure there’s place to plug in a microwave to heat up an abandoned cup of coffee is too often about as high tech as it gets. Despite innovations in recent years such as virtual design models, building innovation modeling and laser scanning, the construction industry may have the distinction of having lower productivity than it did 40 years ago. At...