Just as I think you can&#x27;t allow money to solely guide outcomes, you also can&#x27;t allow intelligence to solely guide.<p>It&#x27;s a fact that I&#x27;m somewhere on the right side of the intelligence curve. If I just laid about and waited for the state to funnel me vast sums of other people&#x27;s money, society is worse off than in a world where I need to create something of value in order to be paid.<p>Taking away the incentive to create value (by annually confiscating the rewards) leads to a terrible outcome, and I believe a more terrible outcome than today. I agree that money has too much influence today, but that adjustments should be made methodically and carefully to prevent massive unintended consequences.