and we didn't even get the productivity increase, if we had the computer revolution should have massively increased everyone wages due to increased efficiency.
a computer won't increase the wage of someone whose work is unrelated to the procurement of the computer/system (even if their work was made more efficient).
For example, a checkout clerk now dont need to compute, because of the efficient Point-of-Sale system (when previously they'd need to recall prices). So even if the output of the clerk is now higher, they could be less skilled and so the supply increases, leading to lower wages.
The people whose job is to procure the computer systems _do_ get increased wages. That's why so many software engineers are rich.
I'm sure it is an efficiency win on the total, but perhaps not as gigantic as often assumed.
There is an efficiency gain in total, but a lot of losses that eat at the actual wins.
We could have been mowing your lawn or filling my taxes. That is how I remember it anyway. If you just help drink my beer we both get things out of it.