I&#x27;m a big fan of PG&#x27;s essays, his most recent ones in particular, my only quibble is the treatment of education as a silver bullet.<p>Offer Bill Gates style education to a cross-section of the poorest kids in the country and I don&#x27;t think you&#x27;ll get much in the way of improvement.<p>Inequality is as much a result of fragmenting families and the dissolution of social capital as it is new startups. When 80% of kids don&#x27;t have a dad in the home, live in chaotic places, and face other setbacks, it&#x27;ll take more than a high-end pedagogy to set things right. Raise taxes and spend more on education if you&#x27;d like, but first lets take a minute to see where that actually works.