Although I totally agree with this analysis, I also feel optimistic that this moment in time provides the first real opportunity in over 40 years for smaller organizations to start to affect societal change again. The existing efficiencies due to reduced (human-to-human) communication and fast decision-making processes in small organizations combine very nicely with the reduction in the barrier to entry with the help of AI and the accelerated pace of change in society due to AI. I hope that once a main driver of scalability and societal change becomes access to computation, rather than human headcount, we will see a reversal of the ongoing trend.
This is my hope too. But we need government to improve in its efficiency along with the small groups that can leverage AI into providing more of what government wants. I have some personal experience here. Local political action has never been easier in terms of producing the artifacts required by government to take formal action (petitions, resolutions, etc.). But the clerks, mayors, and council members who are responsible for making decisions can't read any faster!
