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Re:The Mission to Decentralize the Internet by DenisM on Tuesday December 17, 2013 @01:00PM (#6922581)
Well how about central planning vs free market? Logically, the former must win as more efficient per your own argument, and yet in the long run free market wins.
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Re:The Mission to Decentralize the Internet by wmf on Tuesday December 17, 2013 @01:44PM (#6922899)
I can't find the link, but I saw an estimate that even today's supercomputers aren't powerful enough to centrally plan a modern economy — there are literally millions of variables.
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