Agriculture → tribes & kingdoms
Industrialization → nation-states
Internet → global corporations & digital communities
AI → hyper-capable small organizations and cities
Economic power is shifting downwards
a few observations i’ve been thinking on.
1. energy inevitably becomes the foundational currency of civilization.
2. all modern and future services will converge toward on-demand consumption.
3. bits become infinitely generated/streamed; atoms remain state-full and commanded.