How Much Are You Optimizing for to Day Versus the Progress of Your Society Over Time?

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The more i learn about society throughout my life, i realize that what i want to exist can't always exist, or it's very hard. We're operating with seven lion people accross very different economys, different countries, different values. And so it's not as simple as just saying, we should all be equal. Because that would be a wonderful society if we were all equal. But you have to think about where we are to day, but also where we want to go.

Wealth inequality has been increasing for decades, and recently, there has been a heightened focus on billionaires as we debate what to do about the concentration of large swaths of wealth in a few hands.

In this episode, Steph and Cal discuss whether or not billionaires should exist, common proposals for dealing with billionaires, and a few policy proposals for how we can start thinking about tackling wealth inequality.

Whether you find yourself saying, "billionaires are evil and don't deserve all that money", "billionaires deserve what they have earned", or "I don't care about billionaires, but I care about a world with more equality of opportunity," this episode is for you.

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