Your comment basically outlines the status quo. It's not working too well... you also make some assumptions that are debatable... > People say they want equal

Your comment basically outlines the status quo. It's not working too well... you also make some assumptions that are debatable... > People say they want equal pay for equal work. But they don't like some people getting paid more, even though they do more work. teachers and firefighters? nurses? doctors? There is just no relation to wallstr. and the lucky startup guy... learning ruby on rails and implementing an idea is worthwhile, however I'm not sure if working hard as a teacher or other jobs is not more worthwhile for society at large... pay does not account for that. besides that having basic necessitates covered e.g. health/hunger/living takes a lot of pain and crime out of a society. > People who leverage technology to create and sell more value take home more money. Those that haven't figured out how to do that or don't care to, don't. Technology will save us all! It's not true. It's where growth is at the moment, it's where money can be made. Everyone in your train to work that plays with his smartphone paid for it over the last years... some people got rich over it... this has nothing to do how to have a good society > And societies that fail to grasp that will fail to compete with those that do. Competition of societies is bullshit. Let's compete on public healthcare, on poverty and homelessness numbers? On social equality.. Who is the winner?