Inequality
AI and the Long Tail
AI can reduce inequality and polarization by making the internet less social.
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.
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.
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.
A Bicycle of Inequality
Computers multiply the powers of the human mind. But they affect each person differently, very differently.
Quiet Quitting, UBI, and Psychic Inequality
You can redistribute money, but can you redistribute meaning? The entertainment industry offers some lessons.