From the twitter thread at https://twitter.com/jherskowitz/status/1466078600822677513 https://twitter.com/jherskowitz/status/1466078600822677513 "5. Middlemen

From the twitter thread at https://twitter.com/jherskowitz/status/1466078600822677513 https://twitter.com/jherskowitz/status/1466078600822677513 "5. Middlemen are not inherently evil - they are desired if they can provide more value than they extract" This reminds me of bureaucracy - people only call it bureaucracy when it fails or takes special attention or impinges on expected rights or privileges. When it works, there's not really a name for it (it's still bureaucracy)