# kaal:claim:3782193-017

**Claim.** 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.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

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

**Source quote.**

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

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Historical Sketches of Centralization vs. Decentralization* (2021), Protocol decentralization in China, page 14

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Historical Sketches of Centralization vs. Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782193

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**Failure mode.** Specialization brittleness  (family: rule-obsolescence-and-ossification)

**Topics.** decentralization, institutional-design

**Keywords.** centralization, rigidity, novel-challenges, stability, organizational-design

**Related claims.**

- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782191-028

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