Excellent article! I think decentralization is pretty much the path of the future... especially given that we now live more in a world where "have skills, will travel" is more of a reality... anyone with a laptop or tablet can contribute, from wherever they can connect.
The only caution I would throw in there is let's not toss out the (centralization) baby with the bathwater. Meaning, let's still keep some of the best bits we got from centralized collaborations.
Let's just take a venue like Steemit... it's great that all sorts of people are developing all sorts of apps, but in order to build this marvelous community into something strong and sustainable... we need these exciting new features to exist (or launch) from inside the Steemit hub, otherwise we run the risk of too much "fragmentation," which is hard to build a sustainable community around.
I like to use the "Farmer's Market" analogy... the new features/apps represent the individual small growers/farmers, but it's a good thing to have a Farmer's Market (the Steemit platform and interface) because very few people in real life are going to drive around to 17 small farms to shop for dinner!
Definitely! That´s what I wanted to say in the middle part when pointing out that "Even if the concept of centralization has lost its glory, it still provides many exemplary approaches..."
We still need markets and platforms and places where products and services are going to be provided.
However, decentralization will improve these market places in may ways such as: selection of products and services (less regulation and more opportunities to enter a specific market segment), accessibility (products and services for everybody) and competitiveness (same chances for everybody) etc.
These are going to be exciting times!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us, @denmarkguy.