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There is a tension between complexity and order. A decentralized system like the internet is extraordinarily complex, and with that complexity comes robustness
by burlesona 7y ago
There is a tension between complexity and order. A decentralized system like the internet is extraordinarily complex, and with that complexity comes robustness and resiliency. Sometimes people see complex systems and feel they’re messy or “inefficient,” and want to replace the complexity with something simple and orderly. Such systems tend to be centralized, easier to control and understand, at the cost of being less robust and resilient.
- agumonkey 7y agoI also see two things: - Investment barriers for innovation: you need something large to motivate funding and overcome research/innovation => centralized. When costs amortized, you start selling small and cheap. - Maybe also a kind of inertia or fatigue. People will try to find ways to improve. When it's too hard to do so in centralized they'll try to distribute, or the other way around.