the internet is even less constrained than the airport network. With practically zero friction keeping it in check, it can centralize completely. So, we can't put our eggs on decentralization, but instead we should put them on competition. Seemingly however, there is no competitor to silicon valley. And the valley itself is extremely anticompetitive and monopolistic, with different parts of the net being consolidated to a few monopolistic giants. our hope for competing ideas in digital networking are going to come from siloed out ecosystems, like china and russia. Indeed, the cold war was a time of great progress in almost everything