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That's exactly it. Cable management is a top-down design philosophy. The Borg are a collective that organically integrates biological, mechanical, electronic, and any other systems that they find useful--it's quite literally the polar opposite of a top-down design philosophy.
It would be more surprising if the Borg had tidy cable management, because that implies some hierarchy. Actually, the Borg cubes are a little out of place in that regard. Spheres or fractal-ish structures would make more sense.
Borg were scarier before the concept of the Queen.
I kind of forgot about the Queen.... Totally agree.
Capitalism is more elegant before the concept of fascism.
At least some minerals cristalyze in cubic structures, so it's not farfetched that an spontaneous reaction results in a cube.
Yup. See: Conway's Law. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_law
This indeed works in both directions and it's possible to gain some insight into an organization based on its behavior and output.