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"If it centralizes power, it’s bad. If it decentralizes power, it’s good. Build technology that is inextricable from its narrative. Build technology that will g
by jmfldn 4y ago
"If it centralizes power, it’s bad. If it decentralizes power, it’s good. Build technology that is inextricable from its narrative. Build technology that will give us freedom, not enslavement."
I agree with this but technology alone won't get us there. What we're talking about here is politics and our current economic and political system will drive us further towards centralisation. This is the fundamental drive underlying our form of techno capitalism. Fewer and fewer players taking more and more control.
As individual engineers I absolutely agree that we should strive in this direction but there's no way around the elephant in the room, namely the need for systemic change.
- slake 4y agoOne thought I've had to the contrary to this is "centralization is more efficient". In India there's a debate about states programs vs central programs. The central programs seem to be way more efficient since they have scale and appropriate funding than the state ones. Plus over the years people tend to think of everything as India's system rather than Maharashtra's or Karnataka's system. As people's mobility for work has accelerated this has been even more pronounced. The states complain about losing power in this game but I think the people tend to prefer it that way now.