Golem is definitely a new way of approaching decentralized computing, remember someone telling you 10years ago about inviting strangers into your home and getting paid for it?
People would say you're crazy.. And look at Airbnb now..

SHIFT is another interesting development on the Ethereum platform. A decentralized deployment of websites, no government, hacker or institution that can go against it.
It's the future, and Ethereum is providing it.