It'd be interesting to write a story with a poor rationalist with no special powers, except they'd lose and that'd be boring.
@balehman @simplic10 @ozymandias314 But equality suggests unresponsiveness to all those factors. So yes, net worth improvement *is* harder.
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@St_Rev@balehman@simplic10 wouldn't it be better for everyone to have similar high net worth (loss of motivation to work aside)? -
@ozymandias314@balehman@simplic10 Similar worth means no action can be meaningfully rewarded. No rewards means no way to...
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@St_Rev@simplic10@ozymandias314 But it's (mathematically) possible to have both more variation for individuals and more equality over all. -
@balehman@simplic10@ozymandias314 Show me the math there. -
@St_Rev@simplic10@ozymandias314 Obviously, Astan has less inequality and more mobility than Bstan. -
@balehman@simplic10@ozymandias314 Inequality is a necessary but not sufficient criterion for mobility. -
@St_Rev@simplic10@ozymandias314 ... but you can't call it a foregone conclusion. If you want to make that argument, make it. -
@balehman@simplic10@ozymandias314 You're stacking the deck in your example. I already noted that inequality can reflect multiple factors. -
@St_Rev@simplic10@ozymandias314 But Bstan is comparatively progressive vs. a state wherein all the gains go to the top. Any kleptocracy. -
@balehman@simplic10@ozymandias314 ...100% inheritance taxes, no other taxes, and no welfare. Mobility in Cstan is huge compared to Bstan. - 2 more replies
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@St_Rev@simplic10@ozymandias314 I would like to see case studies about intergenerational variance in income / net worth. -
@St_Rev@simplic10@ozymandias314 So I wouldn't call it a tautology, no.
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