kaal:claim:3782193-017

The more effective a centralized architecture becomes at solving its target problem, the more rigid and unforgiving it becomes; rigid architectures are unstable and fail when met with novel challenges, so more decentralized organizations are more stable.

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But rigid architectures are unstable and fail when met with novel challenges. More de- centralized organizations are more stable.

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Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Historical Sketches of Centralization vs. Decentralization (2021), Protocol decentralization in China, p. 14
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Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Historical Sketches of Centralization vs. Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782193

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when the organization encounters challenges different from the one it was designed for

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failuresupport: arguedfailure: Specialization brittlenessfamily: rule-obsolescence-and-ossificationdecentralizationinstitutional-design

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