I’m looking for good case-study type reads on decentralized and federated architectures, business models, economic dynamics, polities, biological systems etc based on real examples (ie not speculations, whether with or without blockchains).
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Various things on theme:
Seen the Netflix culture deck?
Lazlo Ba(i will get his name wrong) on Scale Free Networks is a good start
See pic.
Assorted network and complexity science papers littering my PDF reading list.
How deep down the rabbit hole do you want to go?
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Barabasi I believe 🙂
I know that bunny trail well. Lived in it for a while 🐰
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At some point, you hit quantum information theory....
Hmm, but now wondering about how Fibonacci progressions interact with network growth.
They are the basis for a lot of organic growth, leaf/branch, vein networks etc.
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These are all complex systems things though, that evolve centralized parts to their morphology, and not stay decentralized or federated beyond a phase
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Was thinking the warfare models: decentralized/terror cells/ideology vs central command structures
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The Templer Plan in Malaya has been one of the few cases where a counter insurgency has been
comprehensively ended with good metrics.
If we're talking about command structures.


