Central planning of economic institutions is impossible because no central authority can accurately estimate the best use of resources without the price signals provided by genuine property rights and
“it's the issue of calculation without property rights it's impossible for people who don't own resources and who don't have an opportunity cost to the use of resources to accurately and rationally estimate what is the best use of those resources”
Jordan B Peterson · Nov 2021 · 1 episode · 1.1M views on this topicDecentralized systems empower individuals by preventing central authorities from controlling or seizing their money and information.
“i think there's very little downside to having the individuals control their money i think the individuals should control their identity i think individuals should control their medical records there's certain things that are like why was the government why is the government in charge of this why no”
Shawn Ryan Show · Mar 2022 · 1 episode · 23K views on this topicDecentralized AI models are more likely to succeed than centralized ones because they are easier to copy and escape the political and copyright constraints imposed on large corporations.
“I think the counterattack on them is going to be so dramatic that it might be that you just have decentralized AI like American AI companies for example the copyright stuff right there's a huge backlash building against that whereas the Chinese or the decentralized models can just do anything”
a16z · Apr 2026 · 1 episode · 35K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.