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Maximum Wage – Is technological progress dependent on extreme inequality? (howwegettonext.com)
7 points by Pharaoh2 on Jan 31, 2016 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


I used to think that people deserved what they earned. Then I worked for Steve Jobs and I realized that no human being can really earn the incredible sums of money that they are receiving. I remember the day that a big semi-truck mistakenly drove up to the company front desk. It was completely filled with perhaps a thousand custom shirts for Steve. Why would Steve need that many shirts? Well, during one meeting I had with Steve he looked at the time and said he had another meeting. Then he closed the blinds, took off his shirt and threw it in the trash, took off his pants and threw them in the trash, and went to the closets in his office and pulled out new clothes. Steve would often change clothes more than once per day (and these were custom clothes.) When Steve wore clothes that were "used" and "washed" it was safe to predict that the press was around since Steve was in his "costume" as a real human being.

I could go on with many other stories. Basically, Steve treated millions like you or I would treat pennies. In a world with so many people who are suffering, that is immoral.




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