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There are rare exceptions. Perhaps HN should do a poll, how many here started out in poverty?

> who fill their eyes

My presumption is that he is referring to the movement towards digital/virtual consumption and away from physical consumption. The rich and poor entertain themselves in much the same way now, but that doesn't give us a way out of the trend:

http://rick.bookstaber.com/2013/11/live-to-eat-eat-to-live.h...

Maybe poor kids will have more access to tools now, but will those tools be relevant in their economic age? Musicians and artists have had all these amazing tools - but is anyone making a living off of them?



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