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> Large firms don't just exist because of power, but also because to manage an increasingly complex environment (scientifically, economically etc) large institu
by ABCLAW 6y ago
> Large firms don't just exist because of power, but also because to manage an increasingly complex environment (scientifically, economically etc) large institutions are required to hold the necessary knowledge to function effectively.
Large firms don't exist because of power, but because with their power they can use resources to do things other firms can't?
Sounds like they exist because of power. And it sounds like unnecessary complexity is something they would evolve to create, not diminish, because it's a great moat for them to hide behind.
Is that what we're hoping to accomplish? Create a few hypercorporations with tens of thousands of people working bullshit jobs because they've shaped industries in such a way so as to force that bullshit to be the cost of entry?
No thanks.
- Double_Cast 6y agoI think Barron92 is drawing a distinction between "lust for power" vs "effective use of power".
- Nasrudith 6y agoTo be frank that approach is historically best described as "nationally suicidal". Deciding to ignore advances because it would "unfairly centralize in somethinf other than us" tends to lead to no longer existing and either a subordinate replacing the leader in a coup and moderated because the other see that insisting on charging massed rifle instead of adopting them is a losing strategy or sticking to it and letting reality assert its brutal toll. Knowledge is power can be literal and it not being something you personally can understand is not the same as "nonsense" or "doesn't work". The benefits of capital investment are real and clear and "banning it" won't make things better, just the opposite really.