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Dude, I am so glad I found this. I'm very interested in seeing how we think alike. I'm a data engineer and DSS professional with 30+ years. I'm building XP&A as we speak.

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We treat centralization and decentralization as if they are co-equals. They are not. Decentralization is a far greater representation of reality. It is direct and consequential. Centralization is more of a mind simulation that people in power present as a rationalization for control. For this reason, the combination of Boyd and Hayek, as well as others, points us towards how individuals can function at the height of their potential because they are operating within a decentralized context that supports their agency and initiatives.

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You want your competitors to run on the incessant need for centralization. The friction they create will only be for themselves.

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Jul 13Liked by Mark McGrath

More recently - many of Hayek's ideas have been supported by Elinor Ostrum's observations about how communities manage shared resources to avoid the tragedy of the commons. She observed that self-organization or polycentric governance generally outperformed more centralized forms of governance.

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