whpearson comments on Hanson Debating Yudkowsky, Jun 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: whpearson 05 July 2011 10:00:43AM *  0 points [-]

As we aren't talking about first movers exactly, I can choose the governor general of the east india company, that ruled over india? It also depends what you consider actors.

Aparantly social inequality was greater in Holland in 1732

Comment author: timtyler 06 July 2011 03:09:51PM *  0 points [-]

Aparantly social inequality was greater in Holland in 1732

Here's some more comprehensive data. It looks as though I should have said that wealth inequality is now at record levels in the USA. Other countries vary considerably.

Comment author: timtyler 05 July 2011 08:36:35PM *  0 points [-]

As we aren't talking about first movers exactly, I can choose the governor general of the east india company, that ruled over india?

Were they an early mover in the first industrial revolution?