Inequality

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AI and the Long Tail

AI can reduce inequality and polarization by making the internet less social.

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Why Inequality is Efficient

The physical and cultural constraints that gave rise to a normal income distribution are losing their power. The difference between highway and airline networks explains why.

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The Middle Class Is Dead. Long Live the Long Tail Class.

A networked, creative economy cannot produce a normal distribution of income. Our focus should shift to providing a minimum-viable lifestyle to a growing long-tail class. Cities have a critical role to play in that process.

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Cities are Instagram

As they grow, networks become more efficient and less egalitarian. The process explains a lot about where we are — and where we're headed.

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A Bicycle of Inequality

Computers multiply the powers of the human mind. But they affect each person differently, very differently.

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Quiet Quitting, UBI, and Psychic Inequality

You can redistribute money, but can you redistribute meaning? The entertainment industry offers some lessons.