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I'm not suggesting we can't add more, rather, that I find it conceivable that there is a barrier of technological progress that we can approach, but never reach
by karmakurtisaani 4y ago
I'm not suggesting we can't add more, rather, that I find it conceivable that there is a barrier of technological progress that we can approach, but never reach. So the pace of progress will slow down.
Concerning wealth inequality, I do think it is a fundamental problem of society if a fraction of a percentage controls majority of the available resources even if the lowest half has their immediate needs met, but we can disagree on that all day and arrive nowhere.
- zmgsabst 4y agoThe Pareto principle is incredibly harsh, but such hierarchies seem to form naturally. My concern with your view is that in trying to “squash the gap”, you end up doing so by making everyone poorer — and society worse overall. Happy to agree to disagree; hopefully we can consider each other’s perspectives in crafting policies.
- karmakurtisaani 4y agoIt's indeed not an easy issue, which is why I think there could still be lots of innovations to made in that space in terms of economics, politics, social sciences etc.