His description of the former vibrant economy of hundreds of different companies all consolidating into monoliths (in more sectors than just publishing) makes m

His description of the former vibrant economy of hundreds of different companies all consolidating into monoliths (in more sectors than just publishing) makes me think of Internet centralization as kind of an instance of Conway's Law with regard to the wider economy. Where there was once diversity and decentralization, now there are single points of control and single points of failure. A system that works like this is a bad system.