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Comment by David P. Reed

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MIT computer scientist; network theorist
So the value of a GFN increases exponentially, in proportion to 2^n. AI Unverifiable source (2001)
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Digital services deteriorate as they scale up

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AI Unverifiable Quote is the well-known formulation of Reed's Law by David P. Reed, originally articulated in his Harvard Business Review article "The Law of the Pack" (February 2001) about Group Forming Networks (GFN). Web search confirms exact wording matches Reed's stated formulation that the value of a GFN scales as 2^n. WebFetch on the cited source_url (smallwarsjournal.com 2012 article that references Reed) and on Wikipedia/Reed's_law both returned HTTP 403. Vote "against" "digital services deteriorate as they scale up" correctly aligns with Reed's thesis that value increases exponentially with scale. Marking ai_unverifiable due to all source URLs being blocked. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 9d ago
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