I have been thinking about this for years but only recently came to a nice pithy expression of it, so I’m writing it up now. This is not to say everything gets worse when it gets slightly bigger, but after a certain point, scale ruins everything. From hamburger restaurants to retail stores to technology companies to countries: scale ruins everything. Would you prefer McDonalds to In ‘n’ Out? Scale ruins everything. Would you prefer genuine choice and competition at specialised retail ou...
