Polarization is the word "you" are looking for. Three books of recommended relevance:
_Hollowing out the Middle_, Carr & Kefalas _Race Against the Machine_, Brynjolfsson & McAfee _Average Is Over_, Cowen In the meantime, everyone on this list is above world median income (USD 1,225 per annum) and almost everyone is in the world's 1% (USD 34,000 per annum). In that regard, see: _The Haves and the Have Nots_, Milanovic --dan # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nett...@kein.org