@danny I guess we got a bit of a game of telephone going on ... I added a note to my post.
Would it be fair to say that rather than decentralization being a "terminal value" in your view, it is a key enabler (requirement?) for the terminal value of control over one's own thoughts and ideas?
@J12t @mike @mmasnick a sneak preview of my essay, which may be clearer: https://ffdweb.org/digest/terminal-values-cognitive-liberty/
I think I would say that decentralization is closer to the terminal value of cognitive autonomy than many other high-level values, but it's more like a necessary condition than a hierarchy of importance