Because of Transhumanism, we may see in the future a big gap between the rich and the poor.
Throughout history, the rich and the aristocracy always imagined that they had superior skills to everybody else, which is why they were in control. As far as we can tell, this wasn’t true. The average duke wasn’t more talented than the average peasant – he owed his superiority only to unjust legal and economic discrimination.
However, by 2100 the rich might really be more talented, more creative and more intelligent than the slum-dwellers. Because maybe there will be chips to improve your skills, or something else, I don't know. Imagine you can buy a cheap to make you extremely intelligent or extremely talented in a specific field.
Bioengineering coupled with AI may result in the separation of humankind into a small classes of superhumans and a massive underclass of useless basic Homo Sapiens.
Once a real gap in ability opens between the rich and the poor, it will become almost impossible to close it
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Plantations:: Society
References:: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century