The over-simplified, complicated Network diagram

From a political perspective, this diagram spells disaster. Anytime there is one or a few indidviduals with a monopoly on the wealth of knowledge held by a community, there is chance for tyranny, or stagnation. There must be a "gadfly to wake the sleeping horse" (Plato, Apology)! If at any time in a community relies upon one source and one source alone for its information, disaster and tyrrany are probably soon to follow.

What is more, from a stategic standpoint (military) this network diagram wreaks of disaster...

Everyone in a system (also called network) has to have some knowledge of all of the working parts or that organization. This is the logic behing the military hierarchical method of information dissemenation. In order to keep the working parts of any machine moving, everything and everyone has to work together. If for some reason, unbenounced to the network, Paul goes senile, should the machine break down, or should, Helen, Sue, John and Lisa be able to keep the machine moving???

Just a few thoughts...that's all for now.