It&#x27;s hard to tell if Ezra is willfully misinterpreting the essay or just didn&#x27;t get it. Most concerning are:<p>1) In the entire long-winded complaint, there isn&#x27;t even a mention of the primary thrust of PG&#x27;s essay—while some income inequality is caused by rent-seeking and bad behavior, some is also caused by productivity inequality. Productivity is more unevenly distributed than ever, and the trend will likely become more extreme as technology advances.<p>2) Intentionally confusing the definitions of &quot;start-up&quot; and &quot;small business&quot;. Despite having acknowledged the that the meaning of the term was an issue, he still plowed forward and sited &quot;start-up&quot; statistics that were counting all businesses, primarily small businesses.