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Save the transhumanism for when we need to increase Dunbar's Number to overcome the tyranny of structurelessness[0]. If you want a proactive fix ("better tires"
by kmeisthax 4y ago
Save the transhumanism for when we need to increase Dunbar's Number to overcome the tyranny of structurelessness[0]. If you want a proactive fix ("better tires") for monopolization, then bring back ownership caps and start scrutinizing mergers & acquisitions again.
The thing is, monopolies tend to be on the wrong side of the Innovator's Dilemma, but they short-circuit it by just buying the disruptors out. Think about how many technologies Google has developed internally versus bought and scaled up. If we prohibited them from buying startups, then the company, being a slow and lumbering monopoly, would eventually crumble like Kodak did.
Some scrutiny at the current banking system for keeping interest rates at 0% for a decade and change might also be deserved. Cheap capital makes it cheaper to buy your competition out.
[0] The Tyranny of Structurelessness is an essay that alleged that leaderlessness in various radical feminist and other left-libertarian movements was a smokescreen for unaccountable and undocumented leadership structures. This also applies to right-libertarian movements, Bitcoin, Ethereum DAOs, etc.
- ilaksh 4y agoPoint being that those ownership caps being removed etc. happened inside of a framework. The fact that so many things like removal of ownership caps happened and persisted is evidence that the framework is insufficient.