# kaal:claim:3782191-029

**Claim.** There is no clear-cut discrete difference between centralized and decentralized; organizations fall along a spectrum whose essential differentiator is the freedom of each member in the network.

**Type.** definitional  **Support.** argued

**Source quote.**

> There is no clear-cut, discrete difference between centralized and decentralized. There is a spectrum between the two that any organization will fall along. The essen- tial differentiator is the freedom of each member in the network.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Preface to* (2021), The spectrum between control and freedom, page 15

**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.** ai-and-agents, institutional-design

**Keywords.** spectrum, member-autonomy, definition, organizational-design

**Related claims.**

- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782220-039

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