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Adam Becker argues that billionaires' wealth depends on contributions from the rest of society, rather than being made by the billionaires alone.
Adam Becker · Every Exponential Ends — Silicon Valley Forgot — Adam Becker · 20 Aug 2026
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“You know, these people did not make that money on their own.”
“They needed the rest of us to get there,”Play from 1:13:53Report a misattribution
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