Mason  🏃‍♂️ ✂️

I think so The industrialization gap b/w countries was a lot less 50 years ago My grandma worked as a travel agent in Colombia w/o an education and could afford most services. A lot of these jobs are now automated, so harder to find good opportunities to afford basic services

While I specifically mention travel agent, I think this is true for most high paying office jobs. Countries like mine rely on internet services like Uber Airbnb, but don't have any companies like this locally that provide high paying engineering jobs

You believe that Colombians had greater access to *computers* *50 years ago*? Like, what is the claim here?

Sorry - I mean *basic services* defined as things every household should have 60 years ago - meant food & health 30 years ago - also phones and radio Now - also computers and internet I'm saying bc of industrialization gap, harder to afford *today's* basic services

This is kind of the point, no? In a hypothetical future where most households have a teleportation portal, there won't be much point in nostalgia for a time when an even greater percentage had a horse and buggy. You want perfect equality, you just have to undo *agriculture.*

This is *exactly* what I'm getting at when I make a distinction between wealth inequality and poverty. A world with extreme wealth inequality where, nevertheless, the poorest have enough food, healthcare, and shelter is remarkably better than a perfectly equal hellscape.

You're right that internet, computers, etc is fundamentally good I'm personally just concerned that for countries like mine, the list of imports (internet services, computers, cars, etc) will outpace the list of exports (coffee, emeralds). Cost of living outpaces opportunities

Also, you're original tweet influenced me in inequality is a necessary externality of economic advancement and globalization. Appreciate you having engaged in this discussion with me But I don't agree with the diagnosis that reversing inequality, will also reverse advancement