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A comment on Towards the Science of Essential Decentralised Infrastructures (2020). Parent comment

Re:Towards the Science of Essential Decentralised Infrastruc... by specialist on Sunday April 11, 2021 @10:51AM (#26770705)
Where do concepts like power, authority, information symmetry, transaction costs, ad nauseum fit into your thesis?
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Re:Towards the Science of Essential Decentralised Infrastruc... by astrange on Sunday April 11, 2021 @06:39PM (#26774142)
I would say it’s nice to live in a society with laws but also that none of that is a reason to go back to subsistence farming.
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Re:Towards the Science of Essential Decentralised Infrastruc... by specialist on Monday April 12, 2021 @03:36PM (#26784080)
The entirety of recorded history suggests there's some middle ground between winner-takes-all and scratching for grubs.
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