Disintermediation may at first seem to be the destiny of a network whose connectivity trends toward a full mesh... But this superficial impression is later prov

Disintermediation may at first seem to be the destiny of a network whose connectivity trends toward a full mesh... But this superficial impression is later proved wrong by the rise of intermediaries made necessary by the wealth of possible connections. The trick is that those new intermediaries offer value by helping to achieve more connections, not by restricting connectivity. The old intermediaries die but the new world has a niche for new ones.