It&#x27;s a great post, well worth reading.<p>However, I don&#x27;t completely agree with the conclusion. I think that what we need is to correctly identify the situations in which giving up power <i>in a specific way</i> will give more power elsewhere.<p>You can&#x27;t always know this up front. And you can&#x27;t just get all this benefit for free by religiously following the principle &quot;always go for the least power possible&quot;.<p>Instead, we need to look at the status quo -- even parts of it we haven&#x27;t questioned for a long time -- and ask, &quot;Where could I give up a little power in exchange for much greater benefit elsewhere?&quot;