I’m not a hyper individualist, a lot of this seems to be interpretation you’re bringing.
> I think it would be foolish to claim that any success or talent of mine or my team is solely my own.
There’s definitely a way to consider a person’s individual productivity in the context of a team of people they work with. Its not easy to measure or quantify and its definitely got subjective elements but some people are more productive than others and in a team that shares work, someone has to do the work that other people don’t do or it doesn’t get done.
> I believe in social obligations, not just in the context of work, but in general.
I believe in the power of incentives to shape behavior and I think there is a soft social obligation to align incentives so that they encourage desired behavior.
> Do you share a bank account with them? Why not?
No, because I don’t have a pension, but many people do and I am fully in support of the concept.