Technology, Inequality, and Global Catastrophic Risks I: The Great Leveller

N/B: This series of episodes was written before the coronavirus
pandemic. I've decided the best thing to do is to present them as
was and maybe have another episode reflecting on what the
pandemic means for their conclusions later on.

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Walter Schiedel's book The Great Leveller posits that in
societies, economic inequality tends to inexorably increase over
time until some catastrophe comes along that levels the entire
population.

Is this our fate?