On Jul 17, 2006, at 2:33 PM, Tayssir John Gabbour wrote:
> What factors of a high-tech economy would make top-down forms of
> organization necessary?
I can't speak for George, but my view is that you can't have a complex economy without large organizations, and you can't have large organizations without some kind of hierarchy. The hierarchy could be a lot more democratic than a capitalist enterprise, but you couldn't make microchips or steel on a spokescouncil model.
Doug