>The reality is that distributed decision making in many instances yields better decisions. And hopefully fewer instances of people getting rich on the cheap.

>The reality is that distributed decision making in many instances yields better decisions. And hopefully fewer instances of people getting rich on the cheap. Like charging millions of dollars per megabyte of text sent over cell networks? Clearly, a shakeup is needed. The major wireless carriers are not distributed decision makers. Their power is so concentrated, they really are your philosopher kings. So add one more to the dungheap, I don't see how it will make things worse.