I liked the main point of The "de" in Decentralization Stands For Democracy.
- I liked the main point of The "de" in Decentralization Stands For Democracy.
- The problem of centralization is not "inherently evil people get outsized control", it's that "any entity that has that power will emergently become a worse actor over time."
- Facebook went from a goal of "meaningful connection with people you care about", but over time it became about engagement because it had to, to compete against TikTok.
- German has the concept of Zugzwang: a forced move.
- In chess, when you're forced to make a bad move to protect the king.
- If you don't make the compromised move, you die.
- The move is not evil, it's the emergent situation that makes you do it.
- The problem is the concentration of power with a negative reinforcing loop that forces you to take the Zugzwang.