BigWorld
BigCo, Big Media, Big Government, Big Agriculture, Big Medicine, Big Education, Big Retail, Big Religion, etc.
- yeah BigTech too, dammit
I'm more inclined to believe Small Is Beautiful these days. SmallWorld.
Why? I believe
- bigness reduces FeedBack (from the Outside World, not just the internal Core Group)
- more precisely, it doesn't reduce Feedback, it just makes it easier/safer to ignore Feedback
- this leads to Pathological behavior (Zero-Sum Power games, etc.)
Or is the real point the danger of any Monoculture? Because what's worrisome about BigNess is the consolidation of....?
Solution: Anti-Trust and ither Big Levers
Counter: "can your economic system create an iphone?"
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