Digital Deepspace

The system is a safety net, and the man is himself; whether good or bad. A fire is raging inside your apartment. The only way to avoid burning to death is jumping out the window. You jump, and waiting to break your fall is a large webbed net. This net is how decentralization is viewed. It is big, safe, and no matter where you fall in it, the rest of the web will compensate. That safety and security of it is assured and appealing. Wonder if when you leapt from the window of your burning home, there was only a thick cushion waiting for you below? It will surely save you, but only if you land on it. That condensed central object is a lot less attractive than the large net. Because, unlike with the safety net, the prospect of you smashing into the ground is very real. How these two examples are viewed is opposite to how they are perceived in the context of decentralization and centrality. Misperceptions are why the concept of decentralization has gained momentum lately. The i...

I am setting off on a journey, and I don’t know where I am going or how it will end. On this trip, we will travel on roads forged by society. Societies which are manifested through their respective economic and political systems. I have my pen as my walking stick, and my limited knowledge as my subsistence, as I attempt to discover what system is best for weary travelers that are also taking this journey. Because the better the system, the better the society, and therefore the better our journey will be on the road of life. Of course, better is a loose term. What can be better for one can be disastrous for another. That being the case, what is actually better? It is better for shareholders if employees work at a lower wage and increase margins, and it’s better for workers if their wage is increased. Those two betters are opposite, which means, with any sentiment left aside (some shareholders might care about workers), someone’s better is another’s worse. This is true in many facets of ...