Explore the urgent push towards a decentralized future in this keynote address from EuroPython 2014. Delve into the vision, design, and reality of distributed software systems as explained by Pieter Hintjens, founder of the ZeroMQ community. Gain insights into Hintjens' perspective on the community itself, described as a highly decentralized "Living System." Discover the concept of edgenet, a model for a decentralized Internet, and its potential implications for the future of technology and society.