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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 24 Feb 2019

      People have little loyalty to meat per se. If you made something that was cheaper and tasted better, most carnivores would switch. Once that shift started, social pressure against eating meat would grow rapidly. It would seem, and in fact would be, perverse.

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    2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 24 Feb 2019

      Predictions about the future often turn out to be false, but I'm going to risk predicting a rapid switch away from meat at some point. It's rocket-science hard, but no harder, and there is a huge amount of money to be made. Ergo it will happen.

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    3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 24 Feb 2019

      I'll warn you in advance, though, that the switch will probably increase rather than decrease economic inequality. The replacements for meat will be created by startups, which means more Bezoses, and will simultaneously put lots of small farmers out of business.

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    4. Jeff Yeon‏ @JeffYeon1 24 Feb 2019
      Replying to @paulg

      Honest question. Does income inequality really have any real negative effects? Or is it something socialists like to pick at?

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    5. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 24 Feb 2019
      Replying to @JeffYeon1

      Economic inequality per se (rather than poverty) probably has a few negative effects. The question is whether it's net negative.

      5 replies 1 retweet 10 likes
    6. Jeff Yeon‏ @JeffYeon1 24 Feb 2019
      Replying to @paulg

      The way I see it, the higher the income the guys up top are getting, the better the economy is doing. It’s tied to a growing economy. But what do I know about economics...

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 24 Feb 2019
      Replying to @JeffYeon1

      Much of it is due to the combination of (a) it's easier to start a new company now and (b) companies grow faster now.

      4:57 AM - 24 Feb 2019
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        2. Sunil Sadasivan‏Verified account @sunils34 24 Feb 2019
          Replying to @paulg @JeffYeon1

          Think economic inequality isn't the right framing for me. It's about upward mobility and whether the middle class is growing or contracting. From history: lack of a middle class means less people will be bought into the norms of society and more likely to spark a revolution.

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        3. Jeff Yeon‏ @JeffYeon1 24 Feb 2019
          Replying to @sunils34 @paulg

          I think I see why people get the idea that income inequality is bad. Income inequality does not necessarily mean the middle class gets paid less. More likely it means that the upper class just makes more.

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