That's a very interesting point of view. Especially the one-cell body example.
Never thought of decentralization as so important for the well- being of the whole. Most likely, because I live in a VERY centralized country.
We can all see it's not the best way for a country to be organized, but we never experienced an alternative.
It will probably change in a decade, though. Something to look forward to.
Will remember this idea for sure, @samstonehill!
That is exactly right. We never experienced an alternative because it wasn't presented to us as an option.
I always think about solar power as a great example. If all of us put solar on our roofs the energy industry would become decentralised. But they don't want that, so instead the energy industry have bought all the solar companies to keep the focus of attention on solar farms (which feed the energy back into the grid) rather than creating it exactly where it is needed, in the home.
The single cell example is very fitting with this because if a power station goes down, millions of homes would be without electricity. But in the decentralised solar situation, one house going down doesn't affect the neighbours.