https://www.ryankelln.com/tags/disparity/ Recent content in Disparity on Ryan Kelln Hugo en-us Copyright &#169; Ryan Kelln Sun, 22 Jul 2018 15:20:47 -0400 https://www.ryankelln.com/reference/the-new-american-aristocracy/ Sun, 22 Jul 2018 15:20:47 -0400 https://www.ryankelln.com/reference/the-new-american-aristocracy/ <p>One of the best recent articles on the new economic classes developing in the Us and other Western countries to a lesser degree.</p> <p>&ldquo;In <em>The Great Leveler</em>, the historian Walter Scheidel makes a disturbingly good case that inequality has reliably ended only in catastrophic violence: wars, revolutions, the collapse of states, or plagues and other disasters&hellip; The defining challenge of our time is to renew the promise of American democracy by reversing the calcifying effects of accelerating inequality&hellip; We should be fighting for opportunities for other people’s children as if the future of our own children depended on it.&rdquo;</p> https://www.ryankelln.com/reference/tech-revolution-will-drive-abundance-and-income-disparity/ Sat, 07 Feb 2015 12:41:52 -0500 https://www.ryankelln.com/reference/tech-revolution-will-drive-abundance-and-income-disparity/ <p>Machine learning impact on the economy will be increased productivity and abundance, but far less human labour and judgement. We may need a system focused on more than just efficient production that places greater prioritization on the less desirable side effects of capitalism.</p>