Oddbean

If people who ran the platforms in the west did what they knew was right there would be no problem. The actual problem is the people who own platforms do what is wrong, even when they know it is wrong. “Multipolarity” will not solve the problem of western men who shy away from boldness or taking direct correct decisions for their users and companies. Asking for other people to do the job you should be doing is the same as pushing the problem into the technical sphere through “decentralisation”; it’s failing to live up to your responsibilities. Leaders of properly run companies are exactly that; LEADERS. They don’t do things by consensus, or defer to every opinion or allow themselves to be distracted or diverted. They have strict hierarchy where the CEO has final, absolute say on everything important. And history shows this is correct, from Trump, Walt Disney, Henry Ford, to Steve Jobs; companies led by LEADERS succeed in serving the public through strength. And this is all about serving the public. If you fail to do that, you’ve failed. Thankfully in Free Market Capitalism, Natural Law is the rule, not theory: LAW. And make no mistake; all cultures at every scale are not equal. Some work better than others. Failing to accept this is suicidal. But “You do you”!

Multipolarity is more an observation than a prediction. The majority of people are coming out of poverty, and getting new opportunities through electricity, technology and the digital revolution. Steve Jobs was the son of a Syrian migrant. The next generation of leaders will be more evenly distributed around the world. This is simply logical because the incremental gains of technology for the rich minority, will be less than the gains for the poor majority. So its simply a trend that cannot be reversed. The smart leaders of today will recognize the trend and embrace it, or even rejoice in it.