> My understanding is that technologists believe that this authority is founded on centralization, and if this centralization were removed, the authority would

> My understanding is that technologists believe that this authority is founded on centralization, and if this centralization were removed, the authority would disappear. I, and likely you as well, don't agree with this at all. I'm pretty sure the authority (or power) spawns the centralisation, rather than the other way around.