Source: Vitalik Buterin, "The Meaning of Decentralization," avail. online (Feb. 6, 2017)
The Context.
Referenced in Field Note #113: On "Seduction of Decentralization Rhetoric" is V. Buterin's 2017 writing on the uncritical usage of "decentralization," which presents his 3-axis schema + his appreciation for paradox + his resistance to binary thinking that seems to plague much of the space.
The Details.