Your power, water and gas supply also come from the 'cloud'. If anything, localized computing devices (Phones + PCs) are significantly more popular than localiz

Your power, water and gas supply also come from the 'cloud'. If anything, localized computing devices (Phones + PCs) are significantly more popular than localized power generation/water treatment (garage diesel generator/wells). Historically, the main economic impetus for centralized government, is to coordinate the construction of irrigation infrastructure. The more dependent a society is on one big river (Ancient China/Egypt), the more centralized it becomes.