@debs @pluralistic @bencaudron If I've said it a thousand times, it is now 1001: #ScaleIsTheProblem

We all use DNA, even tardigrades, yet the world's largest organism is still only 600 hectares.

"We seek to hold the sky, but we cannot."

A thought on #Fediverse vs #Twitter etc, and my assertion that #scaleistheproblem:

I'm watching Paul Leni's 1927 Cat and the Canary, based on a play, and I thought of how differently Hollywood had to render a book, which is read in private, or a play, seen by only a few hundred people at a time. If it was pandering to a lowest common denominator, it should be the small audience troupe that needs LCD!

But if you want to reduce liability, the small troup is probably safer, and so can risk more?

"The essence of tragedy as a narrative device is that you’ve created your own mess (perhaps without realizing it), and now you face the consequences. The digital age, with its technocratic and plutocratic optimism, is incapable of grasping this view of human frailty."
#socialdilemma #scaleistheproblem

10 Observations on Tragedy in a Digital Age - by Ted Gioia
https://tedgioia.substack.com/p/10-observations-on-tragedy-in-a-digital

@ummjackson I envisage a semi-decentralized, hierarchies of localized authority feeding up and vetted on the way to the national brand. Think "Metro Media's holdings" as a federation of news media instead of an empire.

Since #scaleistheproblem I expect this push to #distributedchoice is inevitable.

Bits are needed, though, distributed identity for one, and the nature of trust will favour an opensource core (with local extensions)

Is it my imagination, or are we seeing a rise in this sort of thing?

"This was not the result of an attack..."

Outage at 'internet performance and security company' takes down websites
#Supplychaincrisis #dependencies #scaleistheproblem #complexitytheory #criticalpointoffailure #thisshipisunsinkable #whatcouldpossiblygowrong #justonelittleupdatehere #oopsies #sorryaboutthatchief #roboapocalypsewillbefuntowatch

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/300618885/outage-at-internet-performance-and-security-company-takes-down-websites

Ok, I admit it, I grew tired of upgrades, security and spam right when the Platforms launched, and I thought yeah, wouldn't it be nice to just think about the content? Super-keen high-paid tech kids keeping the shop open 24-7, no more hot-swapping drives, no more sifting Kijiji for a compatible replacement for a 2yo 'vintage' CPU... What could possibly go wrong?

#scaleistheproblem #thefutureislocal
#smalltoolsartfullycombined #decentralization

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