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That's the point.

Even if that top 1% gets bigger in absolute numbers, there will just be more or bigger companies vying for them, so the problem never goes away.

Even if you magically boost everyone drastically so the average person of the future is equivalent to the top person now, imagine how big an advantage the top 1% will still have.

A company that can't get top people is simply not competing well enough in terms of compensation of whatever sort.

An equivalent article could be written on the problems with employers and what they need to do to meet the requirements of the people they want to hire!



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