> At any rate, the reason I don’t want to go down this path is that if we truly believe “from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs”, then it seems a bit misdirected to worry about the missing millions of NBA stars (which is not the same thing as suggesting that they be demonised).
I think your instincts are right on this - and anyway it's really problematic to quantify any _individual's_ creation of value, since it necessarily takes place in a social framework.
Mike