by
Jaron Lanier
[...] One side might declare, "The one percent didn't earn it!" and the other might admonish, "The market says they did, so you should stop being jealous." Neither the left nor the right seems to anticipate that the future might hold many, many more legitimate, self-propelled lucky stars.
Is it such an awful thing to suggest that what technological progress should look like is more and more people becoming a little more like lucky stars? What other vision of progress is viable?
omg this is SO ripe for deconstruction. the fact that he uses the word "lucky" makes it clear that even he realises these people aren't fully "legitimate", to use his word--there's always an element of luck involved, and that element always undermines the legitimacy of their achievements.
here's another vision of progress: one where you don't need to be a "lucky star" in order to have access to the material goods needed for survival