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by almosthere 362 days ago
I think you DO want a distribution in this shape, but we need to turn down the contrast. It needs to be smoother from the top.
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What spread do people think is ideal?

For context: currently, the median net worth of a US household is ~$192K. That means Elon is worth roughly 6 orders of magnitude more than the average household (not just person).

I have my own vague idea what order of magnitude difference I would target, but I'd like to think I could be swayed an order of magnitude or more up or down with good, well-reasoned arguments. As such, I'm curious to hear others' opinions before I pollute the discussion with my own.

I should have been a bit more clear. To me, a disparity is "normal." The problem is the current scale of the disparity, and especially its seemingly unstoppable rate of increase.

What is going to be the end state if we proceed with the status quo?