First, how did you get my email to provide your whole article, instead of "click to read more"?

Second, I totally get what you're saying. I grew up and worked in Silicon Valley. I worked in marketing and fought blinkered thinking. I knew successful entrepreneurs before they succeeded. And I watched the growing monopolization over the years.

The flip side of the coin is the US "over-incentivized" (maybe I should really say "under-regulated") entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. Reagan sold us on "trickle-down" economics. Now we have Musk, Bezos and Zuck. The rank and file people who work for them are serfs. Gates ended up being our only socially conscious titan of industry.

Agreed, incentives are absolutely crucial, just that a long-term view is also needed.