I wonder if privacy is a strong enough motive/need for such a paradigm shift in technology. @guptaneil, what are your thoughts on this? Is there any other benefit of having a decentralized web?
* lack of government or corporate control, making it difficult to censor
* increased security by distributing data warehouses so hackers can't steal all your data in one place
* cheaper infrastructure needs for startups and businesses by spreading the load out across the network
Some more aspirational benefits that have been discussed before are creating a self-healing and self-archiving network since distributed systems require some level of redundancy.
There are many other benefits, that's just the tip of the iceberg.