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Why do you believe winner takes all outcomes are inevitable without regulation?

Anyways, if you can devise a way to regulate millions of people spread across thousands of organizations with even 10% less 'administrative burden, regulatory capture, politics' you will certainly become the most influential person of all the time, assuming you keep on delivering year after year.



Here's a fare primer:

https://fs.blog/mental-model-winner-take-all/

tldr: power laws, prefential attachment, compound interest.


That explains the likelihood of a winner-takes-most situation developing. But that doesn't equate to a winner-takes-all situation.

I can easily see the 3 largest companies in a given sector taking 90% marketshare, or more. But to imagine 1 company taking 90% marketshare? I haven't seen a credible argument for why that would generally develop outside of some specific niche.




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