“Those who believe in broadcast structures recognize the efficiency of a single, centralized source”
Streams of Content, Limited Attention
This is an amazing article and worth a full read. However, this quote popped up because I continue to struggle with the idea that centralization is in fact more efficient than a distributed system. What’s interesting is that this efficiency wasn’t systemic. I mean biological systems, the most efficient systems in the world thanks to evolution are totally networked. No, the reason that these centralized systems were more efficient was that the information was also housed centrally. However, in our networked world where information lives and is constantly generated on the edge, we can rearrange our distribution networks to reflect the efficient biological networks that evolution suggests are the best ways to move from point a to point b.
Just some food for conversation.
