Robin BerjonA few quick notes.
Polycentrism isn't democracy but you can't have democracy (durable, at scale) without it.
Complex problems are multiscalar and need multiscalar solutions — therefore polycentric.
If you try to do everything locally you get captured by whoever can solve the large scale problems. Eg. email is concentrated because dealing with the whole world is too hard. The web is captured because you have to have search.
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