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This is why equality often ends up being a race to the bottom. If you disallow rewarding exceptional behavior and people, or only let everyone have the same thi
by silicon2401 5y ago
This is why equality often ends up being a race to the bottom. If you disallow rewarding exceptional behavior and people, or only let everyone have the same thing, then there's just no way around the reality of limited resources and the inherent inequality of genetics and interest/effort.
- JohnFen 5y agoI don't see calls for equality as meaning that you can't make more money by performing better. I see calls for equality meaning that the basis on which pay rates are decided are applied to all equally.
- silicon2401 5y agoMaybe we see different things. Many people, including on HN, argue for things like lottery systems for universities, i.e. "you can't get into a better university by performing better in grade school".