I can't understand how someone so intelligent can misread Piketty so badly. For example, Gates focuses on individuals in some of his critiques but Piketty is ta

I can't understand how someone so intelligent can misread Piketty so badly. For example, Gates focuses on individuals in some of his critiques but Piketty is talking about classes of wealth, the constituents of which may change but, Piketty argues, whose characteristics do not.