081 - Productivity in Chinese with ShaoLan and Professor Erik Brynjolfsson from MIT

081 - Productivity in Chinese with ShaoLan and Professor Erik Brynjolfsson from MIT

Author: Chineasy by ShaoLan March 22, 2025 Duration: 9:31

When are you most productive? How do you increase your productivity? And is technology a help or a hindrance?! The amazing Erik Brynjolfsson learns the Chinese word for "productivity" and discusses with ShaoLan the technologies that can cause ripples of productivity growth around the world.

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