# kaal:claim:3782191-013

**Claim.** Because information in decentralized systems is continuously outdated by a changing environment, decentralized governance must be autonomous and automated, able to evolve, mutate, and create new information precedent, in the way mitosis replaces worn out cells.

**Type.** design  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- decentralized systems whose information changes continuously

**Source quote.**

> Like mitosis, this decentralized governance process has to be autonomous and automated in the system. Decentralized governance has to be able to evolve and mutate and create new information precedent for the continuous efficient operation of the system.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Preface to* (2021), Natural Decentralization, page 7

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Preface to (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782191

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `b0bf0529c3cf69839879bc4da476714efee2717a4beb768bd5c859b810e6174e` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Calcaterra%20and%20Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20Preface%20to.pdf

**Topics.** decentralization, governance-design, institutional-design

**Keywords.** decentralized-governance, automation, mitosis-analogy, system-evolution

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