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> Centralizing mail delivery works well, centralizing economies or ecosystems does not. Take the set of all systems conceivably used by human beings. Email pro
by preseinger 4y ago
> Centralizing mail delivery works well, centralizing economies or ecosystems does not.
Take the set of all systems conceivably used by human beings. Email providers, social networks, parent-teacher associations, dungeons and dragons campaign groups, neighborhood watches, everything.
Now, classify each of those things into one of two groups: either "more like the USPS" or "more like national economies". What is the ratio of "USPS-alike" groups, versus "national economy-ish" groups?
What does the obvious answer to this question -- 100% vs. 0% -- tell you about the relevance of centralization vs. decentralization?
- CuriouslyC 4y agoIf you want to define centralization as humans gathering in groups, I guess. A large portion of human social interaction is peer to peer though.
- preseinger 4y agoCentralization is a property of systems. And yeah, as participation in a system increases, centralization becomes increasingly necessary.