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The top-down centralization of mid-20th century technologies wasn't caused by "money," it was caused by their technological nature. They inherently relied on li
by rayiner 2mo ago
The top-down centralization of mid-20th century technologies wasn't caused by "money," it was caused by their technological nature. They inherently relied on limited radio spectrum that was doled out to specific companies by the government.
- __MatrixMan__ 2mo agoBy "money" I mean that you can't attract investors for a project that they cannot later "leverage". This creates a bias towards some designs and away from others. Central points of control are also single points of failure. I think that without this bias we'd have a much more resilient infrastructure, not just in the face of corruption, but in the face of things like solar flares.