One of the key take aways I got from this article is that it is nearly impossible to depair the efficiency of exploitative capitalism of 'physical industry' and the abstraction that is an economic, or generically a bloodless, revolution.
It is economically more efficient to centralize the resources but far less robust. SV could disappear tomorrow and a significant amount of the Internet's "revolutionary" capabilities would disappear. This doesn't appeal to SV's narcissistic sell of a special snowflake, but the power they wield in their capacity to damage any progress associated with the growth of the internet.
On the other hand, a distributed internet is far more diverse and robust yet the economic costs can be exponentially far more damaging and costly.
There's nothing efficient about centralizing resources. SFAIK, this always holds except for odd edge cases of truly public { nonrival, nonexcludable } goods.
It is economically more efficient to centralize the resources but far less robust. SV could disappear tomorrow and a significant amount of the Internet's "revolutionary" capabilities would disappear. This doesn't appeal to SV's narcissistic sell of a special snowflake, but the power they wield in their capacity to damage any progress associated with the growth of the internet.
On the other hand, a distributed internet is far more diverse and robust yet the economic costs can be exponentially far more damaging and costly.