This is correct. More generally, there is absolutely no evidence that wealthier people do, on average, "leverage" technologies better. Ancient Rome is one examp

This is correct. More generally, there is absolutely no evidence that wealthier people do, on average, "leverage" technologies better. Ancient Rome is one example because while advanced technology existed, the wealthiest people were land owners taking in the profits of slave labor, not the architects and inventors who built temples and refined concrete. Of course, the same is true for modern society. Even so-called "tech entrepreneurs" like Elon Musk do much better at seeking profits than "leveraging technologies" -- as paying people to develop technologies isn't the same thing as leveraging them for increasing the productivity of oneself, at all. However, of course, the argument is hardly surprising. After all, much of the ideology of modern capitalism rests on the ideal of the Iron Man, the genius inventor who, by his smartness (and benevolent white masculinity) embodies the excuse for the exploitation of the Earth's natural resources, for the creeping destruction of our democracy and the huge disparities in wealth and power that go along with it. You just have to believe this is real, otherwise all you ever learned from Coca Cola advertising would be wrong, at that is too painful to admit.