Wouldn't it then be unfair to pay the best person the same as the worst person? The incentive there is clear: Be the worst person and save your energy for somet

Wouldn't it then be unfair to pay the best person the same as the worst person? The incentive there is clear: Be the worst person and save your energy for something else. If your outcome is the same regardless of your effort, then you remove the desire to strive. That eventually leads to stagnation and collapse. If we actually care about fairness, we should focus on social mobility and doing our best to create equality of opportunity. A lot of this begins with fixing public schools (in the US at least).