Tuesday, February 3, 2026

TUESDAY — TECHNOLOGY & WORK

“The more you add nodes and so forth, the internet actually becomes more resilient — growth actually makes it stronger rather than weaker.”

— William Dutton, Oxford Internet Institute

The internet is basically the Hydra of Greek mythology—cut off one head and two more grow back, except in this case it’s actually a feature, not a bug. Unlike centralized systems that become more fragile as they expand, the internet’s distributed architecture turns each new connection into a redundancy layer, creating alternative pathways that make the whole network nearly impossible to break. This counterintuitive principle applies to any organization where decentralized decision-making and backup systems trump rigid hierarchical control. For more, Check out Could there ever be a worldwide internet outage?

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Stay safe. Stay healthy. Be strong. Lead well.

Chad