# kaal:claim:3782192-023

**Claim.** Decentralized organizations thrive under exactly the changing circumstances that break centralized organizations, because information at the edge is naturally incorporated and communicated so the system can adapt to external threats.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- changing or turbulent external environments

**Source quote.**

> Decentralized organizations, on the other hand, thrive under the types of changing circumstances that break centralized organizations. Information at the edge is natu- rally incorporated and communicated so the system can adapt to external threats.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Introduction to Decentralization* (2021), Basic idea, page 6

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Introduction to Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782192

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `e7eafd56cb8a8bd15b64cf58216bb655f939bdcc296387e362fd9191976d67ae` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Calcaterra%20and%20Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20Introduction%20to%20Decentralization.pdf

**Topics.** decentralization

**Keywords.** decentralization, adaptability, information-at-the-edge, resilience

**Related claims.**

- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782193-021

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