How does that change anything? If you have a dictator control a thousand computers or a thousand humans, the result is that the dictator has the power.
The post office is obviously not a central component of the government, it simply was operated by the government in the past because it was useful to have as a basic service to serve the economy.
We may have misunderstood each other. I agree we should empower individuals in general, and try to defuse centralization of power. And I thought by powerful individuals you meant people in the government or some rival organizations.
I began talking about recording interactions, though, being potentially a very good thing.
The post office is obviously not a central component of the government, it simply was operated by the government in the past because it was useful to have as a basic service to serve the economy.