Andrew McCluskey

it’s like the growing pains of a child, necessary for the survival of all the other aches to come.

Sharing tastes forges social bonds between people (i.e. bridges), while discrepancies in taste create barriers between people (i.e. fences).

Decentralization is the kind of thing that only matters when troubles arise. It's like an insurance: most of the time you don't need it, but for the few times you do need it, you REALLY need it. Since we can't have "intermittent decentralization", turn it on & off with a switch, this means we need it permanently