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>>Anon84+(OP)
Google are really firing on all cylinders recently. It's almost shocking to read all they've done in the last year.

The fact they caught up with OpenAI you almost expect. But the Nobel winning contributions to quantum computing, the advances in healthcare and medicine, the cutting edge AI hardware, and the best in class weather models go way beyond what you might have expected. Google could have been an advertising company with a search engine. I'm glad they aren't.

>>fancyf+6d
Meanwhile the economy is tanking. But yeah what a fantastic year it is to be a company worth trillions.

>>10xDev+8g
> Meanwhile the economy is tanking.

NYT: US GDP Grew 4.3%, surging in 3rd Quarter 2025 - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/business/us-economy-consu...

WSJ: Consumers Power Strongest US Economic Growth in 2 years - https://www.wsj.com/economy/us-gdp-q3-2025-2026-6cbd079e

The Guardian: US economy grew strongly in third quarter - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/23/us-economy-...

>>andsoi+lo
I think we should start separating discussion of “The Economy” from “human prosperity and wellbeing.” Because they are essentially two different things, only slightly related. The Economy can grow wildly while normal people are poor, suffering, and barely holding it together. I don’t care if corporations are doing great or if the GDP is high, if everything I need costs 3X what it used to and Im not sure if I’ll be employed next week.

While you are probably right in that The Economy, technically is growing, it doesn’t feel like it to normal people I know.

>>ryandr+9v
> I think we should start separating discussion of “The Economy” from “human prosperity and wellbeing.”

* Extreme poverty is at its lowest level in human history, down by over a billion people since 1990.

* More humans can read, write, and attend school than ever before, especially girls in lower-income countries.

* Global life expectancy has more than doubled compared to 1900

* Most countries continue to rise on human-development measures (health, education, income)

Yes, there's more room to keep improving, but the world keeps getting better & better.

>>wdr1+4a2
And what about trajectory for the last 20 years?