Large differences of scale are difference of kind. This holds true for information (it's crucial that e.g. property records be available at your local planner'

Large differences of scale are difference of kind. This holds true for information (it's crucial that e.g. property records be available at your local planner's office; it's not clear things are similar when talking about large centralized databases that are searched from anywhere). It also holds true for systems, especially biological systems. (There's a great book called "Scale" that talks about this.)