I was particularly puzzled by the 2x2. High productivity is a no brainer, but why should we necessarily seek high displacement as its own goal? Low displacement would increase employment and GDP, is that not flourishing?

And what's with using the research scientists who authored Transformers as examples of surplus middle management? Google generated 1.4M per employee in 2022, second only to Apple. Armchair engineers will say they could do as well with a handful of employees, but if this is "low productivity" then sign me up.