A lot of emergent value things required a heavily commercialized large actor at the center.
- A lot of emergent value things required a heavily commercialized large actor at the center.
- That center point is the one whose turf it is; who can make sure it's safe and stable.
- It has to be somewhat large, because emergence is a Grubby Truffle; the power of it shows up only at larger scales.
- The downside is that everyone participating is doing it in the shadow of a powerful actor.
- That power makes them more likely to become greedy or evil.
- What if it were possible to have small-scale emergence without any single powerful actor?