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. Or at least there needs to be more ability to Opt-Out.

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. (Accountability Sink)
• this leads to Pathological behavior (Zero-Sum Power games, etc.)

Scale Vs Consolidation.

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?"