> Even’s purpose is hardly to change the distribution of wealth in society. It is simply to redistribute one person’s own limited wealth across time. People in

> Even’s purpose is hardly to change the distribution of wealth in society. It is simply to redistribute one person’s own limited wealth across time. People in Silicon Valley may believe there’s an app for everything. That’s their hammer. But improving the lot of the poor will require other tools, including an old one the valley often wants to wish away: politics. Sorry, did you read your own article? The whole idea is that by lightening the load of uncertainty, SOME people will be able to pull themselves out of poverty with nearly zero net spending increase. Are we to fault Even for not trying to solve EVERYONE'S problem so neatly?