Boeing's search for a cheaper production site follows in the footsteps of many globe-straddling companies, as they decentralize operations to bolster their bottom lines.
They decentralize work that requires local knowledge and interpersonal skills like product design, sales and on-the-fly adjustments on the factory floor, and they centralize and computerize work that is easily quantified, like accounts payable systems and obtaining the lowest airline fares for routine travel.
But for those of us who are interested in the technology, not the money — who think that blockchains are primarily interesting because, unlike most modern technology, they decentralize power — so far this has actually been a mostly disheartening year.
Both An Inconvenient Sequel and The Workers Cup focus heavily on the industrial decisions of the developing world; they decentralize the United States's role in the global picture.
When gay community leaders, magazines and clubs take a stand for reproductive rights, they decentralize their own voices and acknowledge the struggles of women, non-binary people and trans men, recognizing their duty to them as allies.
They trust decentralized consensus algorithms for the validation of their transactions — they don't need bankers, lawyers, and governments to guarantee or produce currency.
Equally important to us was his theory that companies work best when they are decentralized.
They've decentralized pricing, description, profile, and key exchange – everything that feels like a home.
They are decentralized and therefore do not require, or even provide, a centralized service for downloading music.
What interests me is that they are decentralized, permissionless services, which rely on — and thus can be curtailed by — no central controller.
