Right, I am agreeing that innovation deserves compensation, and as a result you'll have inequality. But the degree of that inequality overall in society is sep

Right, I am agreeing that innovation deserves compensation, and as a result you'll have inequality. But the degree of that inequality overall in society is separable from technological progress -- i.e. through progressive tax rates or other intervention. You might disagree about whether such intervention agrees with you personally, but technological progress need not strictly increase the degree of income inequality