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Wouldn't the investigation into E. coli have been more fruitful if information were more centralized? Isn't it already decentralized, wasn't that the problem?
by noah-kun 9y ago
Wouldn't the investigation into E. coli have been more fruitful if information were more centralized? Isn't it already decentralized, wasn't that the problem?
- vaillancourtmax 9y agoInteresting argument. The problem about this particular investigation (which I can only assume here) is that the available data did not offer relevant information about the tracking of the lettuce. If the required information _did_ exist but wasn't accessible, then you are right in saying that the non-centralization of the data is a problem. I guess the problem then lies in the fact that information is siloed in different businesses. A solution to this could be the concept of federation, where all such businesses use an agreed-upon protocol/platform, but all can use the client of their choice.
- noah-kun 9y agoThanks for the open-minded reply. Can we push our imaginations further though? We are still thinking about the resources being distributed by businesses, for example. What about communes, central planning or automation, minus private enterprise altogether?