Memes move around this complex form and make control impossible. Information infrastructure supports this world because it is the emerging self-organizing shape of the global culture, and no one will rule. In a world where power, influence, and information are networked through alliances, friendships, business relationships, and common interests across national boundaries, there can be no hierarchy and no center. It's happening all around us. Big business is already giving way to a complex of many businesses, large and small, interacting with many customers and suppliers in alliances, partnerships, special-interest groups, cultural and linguistic identities, market segments, and even, sometimes, geographic areas.
National borders disappear in a swirl of fractal global relationships.
In a system that is no longer governed by a pyramidal and centralized hierarchy, one can certainly hope that no breakdown, no sabotage is decisive. One can hope, indeed. Inc. All rights reserved.