Is equality of opportunity increasing or decreasing today?

Elias Torres · Mar 21, 2025

The United States is still the land of opportunity

It offers more and more chances to accomplish your dreams

9:30 Us remains the land of opportunity despite mobility concerns

Matt Pohlson · Jun 6, 2025

Inequality of opportunity is the most concerning problem in the world today — structural value capture and regulatory capture at the top, especially in the US, make it harder for hardworking smart people to move up

Most humans agree that if smart people work hard they should be able to climb the social ladder, and society is making that harder and harder

76:14 Structural and regulatory capture at the top is making upward mobility harder especially in the us

Harry Stebbings · Jun 6, 2025

There is more equality of opportunity today than ever before

You can DM someone on social and get twenty minutes of their time, and tools like Lovable let anyone build websites with words, so building products, distributing and selling services is easier than ever

76:34 Modern tools and access make equality of opportunity greater than ever

Yamini Rangan · Mar 18, 2025

The slow pace of progress toward gender parity — 134 more years at the current rate — is the thing that concerns her most in the world today

A stat she read shows parity across health, longevity, type of work and pay is still 134 years away

48:30 Gender parity progress is alarmingly slow 134 years out

Harry Stebbings · Mar 18, 2025

Progress on gender parity is reverting because such issues are only prioritized in good times and are instantly deprioritized when times are hard

In hard times inequality worsens and conflict happens, and equality initiatives lose priority

48:51 Equality initiatives are deprioritized and revert in hard times