Clay Shirky on institutions vs. collaboration - what does this mean for infrastructure..?

This is everything I've been talking about for Transforming Infrastructure organisations and self organising - neatly encapsulated by Clay Shirky..

So what does this mean for infrastructure..? Do we protect what we have because that's how its done, or because it's our jobs, or because change is difficult, or we're giving up power..?
I think its possible to coordinate more activity with lower costs - the interesting question is the values we use to get there..