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> It's obviously true that the returns for performance are superlinear in business. Some think this is a flaw of capitalism, and that if we changed the rules it would stop being true. But superlinear returns for performance are a feature of the world, not an artifact of rules we've invented.
You say “conventions” rather than “capitalism” here, but without more details it seems like you're targeting substantially the same distinction re social determination. So it sounds more like you disagree with him about that statement than that he just didn't take it into account.
Because everything in our history shows humans will exploit (i.e. fully utilize) leverage wherever they find it: labour, capital, technology, AI.
> I don't think history shows that at all: In ancient Greece people fasted for weeks on end, for example.
So in the situation in ancient Greece, if the situation was such that superlinear returns from steam power wasn't interesting, there is already a situation where social constructs stop that "law of nature".
And even if, hypothetically, humans were always exploiting levers, still need to show that superlinear returns are a feature of nature and cannot be blocked by any social construct (as they are not the results of rules).
By the way, even your food hunting thing is incorrect as such, as humans are known to willingly starve themselves to death.
The problem with broad and sweeping claims is, that they are easily debunked unless they are very carefully researched.
That's a fantastic quote though!
The people running the show are well aware of such things and have them under control though so I wouldn't expect anything to change wrt distribution of fruits of labor in our part of the world...but the potential is always there.