"A Slower Internet... requires that dissimilar tasks occur in a diversity of spaces on a multitude of devices. Living with information does not mean that we have to give any type of machine a monopoly over our attention. Slower Internet is a process of cultivating a garden of machines that fit localized, individual desires."

Decentralization won’t be enough to create a truly open web if the information shared between apps isn’t useful or if the economics of openness don’t make sense.