The Importance of Inequality

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We could lift a whole bunch of people out of poverty. The question is, sorry, by spreading around the wealth more equally. Could each individual person continually spend less working time to meet his or her needs? I do think that it makes no sense that we have so many people in the world who are so poor. And I don't think that we have done a very good job in setting up the global economy given our current capacities.

Welcome to the August 2023 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number -- based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questions themselves are good -- and sometimes group them together if they are about a similar topic. Enjoy!

Blog post with questions and transcript: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2023/08/07/ama-august-2023/

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