I’m curious to explore the micro/macro dynamics. The current idea with Open Insulin is to bring production to a city level.
There are synergies in scale, and costs. In my view, it is a good strategy to start small and observe where it stops making sense to grow certain aspects. Eg. physical production might stop being interesting to scale beyond the city level, but it might make sense to keep growing a shared pool of financial resources so that it spans a country. And perhaps distribution hubs at a neighborhood scale.
First and foremost things must make sense at a micro level, and can then be minimally tweaked to also make sense as part of a bigger whole. Yet the priority is always the micro, or else the macro is fragile.