You're looking at the benefits to the common man of productivity. That stalling doesn't mean productivity has stalled, it just means it is offset by people like Obama stealing more and more of those benefits for himself and his crony friends.
Please let's keep political talking points off this site.
Furthermore, precedent would indicate quite a different policy.
But the most interesting part comes here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9362589 where you say I am being insulting by requesting people leave anti-science comments outside of hacker news. Is it then acceptable for you to tell me to leave politics off this site? It seems to me like one of these categories is more appropriate for this site; not because I think science is awesome, but because that seems to be generally how the rest of HN is run.
I think most people here agree science rocks, and while there might be some that hate politics, I don't think in any way that is comparable to the size of people who hate science.
Additionally there's a whole slew of degenerate comments around here that you feel are perfectly acceptable.
Re the thread from 107 days ago, calling someone or their comments "anti-science", telling them they're not rational and are lying to themselves: all such things break the guidelines that ask you to be civil and not to call names.
Yes, I do think about that; I try not to call people aggressors and flamewar starters, but only to make statements about content. I don't always get that right, though.
If you want to continue discussing this, emailing hn@ycombinator.com would be best, since we don't see everything posted here.
'"Lol guise guise hey guise guise guise but benghazi tho" on the other hand is the best comment on HN and shall be rewarded' - dang
The article's only measurements are of measure of 'economic output' and workers effort. These are of course a result of not just productivity provided by automation, but the distribution of this benefit across the peoples being measured. This is easily accounted for if one factors in the increase in elitist centralization of power and economic prowess that offsets the advances in productivity due to automation. A more complete scientific analysis would include such factors to tell a more complete picture.
Since Obama has simply expanded Bush's policies of 1) perpetual war 2) spy programs on US Citizens 3) crony capitalism etc...
You should love Bush too if you love Obama so much. I don't know what a 'gubmint' is, but I have been speaking against the bush/obama dynasty since probably before you knew conjugation.