signulll: The eternal human flaw of fetishizing centralization and control
signulll · x · 2026-09-14
signulll argues that whenever a system feels messy, the instinct is to coordinate from the top, build hierarchies, and put someone in charge — an ancient, evolutionary reflex. But complex systems rarely work that way: information is distributed, incentives are local, and reality changes faster than any central authority can grasp. Paradoxically, when decentralization gets messy, people conclude the problem was insufficient control. He calls this the eternal human flaw.
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