Expand, contract

Centralization vs decentralization

• Moloch and the tragedy of the commons Meditations on meditations on moloch
• Political science
• Globalization, international relations and global trade
• Edge vs centralized computing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict-free_replicated_data_type
• Centralized currency vs crypto

Decentralization

Variables: number of nodes, number of connections

Explore vs exploit

• The multi armed bandit
• Finding a parking, a mate, etc.

Love vs Freedom

Justice vs mercy

Emergence

God as emergence