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> [When you look at the actual data on technological innovation, one thing you see is that what I call the 'low-hanging fruit' has been exhausted. So radio, flush toilets, electricity, and automobiles - a lot of very basic inventions -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-cowen/when-you-look-at-the-actual-data-on-technological-innovation-one/)

[Tyler Cowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-cowen/)

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## More by Tyler Cowen

> [France has not only built a bureaucratic barrier against American culture, it has constructed a notorious intellectual case against it as well. The French…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-cowen/france-has-not-only-built-a-bureaucratic-barrier-against-american/)

[Tyler Cowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-cowen/)

> [When humans team up with computers to play chess, the humans who do best are not necessarily the strongest players. They're the ones who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-cowen/when-humans-team-up-with-computers-to-play-chess-the-humans-who-do/)

[Tyler Cowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-cowen/)

> [“The great adventures of life, the surprise of strangers, of strangeness, of the electric and eclectic moments of happenstance, and also of extreme ambition,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-cowen/the-great-adventures-of-life-the-surprise-of-strangers-of-strangeness/)

[Tyler Cowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-cowen/)

> [“Mark Liszewski, executive director of the Antique Automobile Club of America Museum (Hershey, Pennsylvania), remarked: “Instead of Ford versus Chevy, it’s Apple versus Android.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-cowen/mark-liszewski-executive-director-of-the-antique-automobile-club-of/)

[Tyler Cowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-cowen/)

> [“Americans are in fact working much harder than before to postpone change, or to avoid it altogether, and that is true whether we’re talking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-cowen/americans-are-in-fact-working-much-harder-than-before-to-postpone/)

[Tyler Cowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-cowen/)

> [“three-quarters of today’s youth between the ages of seventeen and twenty-four are unfit to serve for one reason or another.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-cowen/three-quarters-of-today-s-youth-between-the-ages-of-seventeen-and/)

[Tyler Cowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-cowen/)

> [“Once you're using sides and sauces you're on the right track and you're also following the general principles about how to eat well in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-cowen/once-you-re-using-sides-and-sauces-you-re-on-the-right-track-and-you/)

[Tyler Cowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-cowen/)

> [A lot of local food is very tasty. I'm very happy to eat it. I just don't think it's the same thing as saving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-cowen/a-lot-of-local-food-is-very-tasty-i-m-very-happy-to-eat-it-i-just-don/)

[Tyler Cowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-cowen/)

> [If you and your skills are a complement to the computer, your wage and labor market prospects are likely to be cheery. If your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-cowen/if-you-and-your-skills-are-a-complement-to-the-computer-your-wage-and/)

[Tyler Cowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-cowen/)

> [Sports is remarkably cognitive. I think it's underrated just how smart it is. Actually, if I had more time, I would spend more time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-cowen/sports-is-remarkably-cognitive-i-think-it-s-underrated-just-how-smart/)

[Tyler Cowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-cowen/)

> [“In other words, a culture of the casual is a culture of people who already have achieved something and who already can prove it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-cowen/in-other-words-a-culture-of-the-casual-is-a-culture-of-people-who/)

[Tyler Cowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-cowen/)

> [I see three forces militating in favor of growing inequality: increasing measurement of worker value added, automation through smart software, and globalization.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-cowen/i-see-three-forces-militating-in-favor-of-growing-inequality/)

[Tyler Cowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-cowen/)

> [“Few people read coffee-table photo books, and indeed they are not intended to be read. I find the text in these books is often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-cowen/few-people-read-coffee-table-photo-books-and-indeed-they-are-not/)

[Tyler Cowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-cowen/)

> [“As chain stores rise, there is also a loss of dynamism, competition, and market entry for new ideas and products. Keep in mind that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-cowen/as-chain-stores-rise-there-is-also-a-loss-of-dynamism-competition-and/)

[Tyler Cowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-cowen/)

> [The lesson about food is that the most predictable and the most orderly outcomes are always not the best. They are just easier to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-cowen/the-lesson-about-food-is-that-the-most-predictable-and-the-most/)

[Tyler Cowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-cowen/)

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