16. Decentralized Tomorrow

Jeremy and Myron are joined by Paul and Scott from Mentally Unscripted for a crossover episode.

Highlights:

1. Twentieth century technologies were centralizing. Twenty-first century technology is decentralizing.
2. Decentralization can take many forms from geography to capital.
3. We’re accustomed to hierarchical thinking. Decentralization breaks down barriers created by hierarchical systems and pushes control down to the lowest levels of the system. But the entities at the top of the hierarchy may be hesitant to surrender control. At the bottom, people may be fearful of having to take on the additional responsibility of decentralization.
4. Decentralization can have profound effects on most aspects of our lives from how we work and live to how we communicate to how our morals shape our view of the world.