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If I may ask, why do you see that as a problem?

I think super asymmetric societies are less just. I'm not sure I'm a Utilitarian in all things, but I think we should try to make as many people as happy and content as possible, not the 1% or 0.1% of society. I'm OK with there being unhappy or less privileged people, but a just world should be closer to a normal distribution (and your outcome should be based on the content of your character, not your birthright).

Maybe something closer to the Star Trek vision of the future (vs. the other two sci fi visions I mentioned).

> a just world should be closer to a normal distribution

That completely contradicts my subjective experience with people: 90% of them are insufferable.

> and your outcome should be based on the content of your character, not your birthright

And this goes again any parent's wish to use all his resources to help his child succeed and outcompete others.

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