When everything happens at once, wide and fast moving problems simply route around any central authority… — Kevin Kelly
When everything happens at once, wide and fast moving problems simply route around any central authority. Therefore overall governance must arise from the most humble interdependent acts done locally in parallel, and not from a central command.
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