# kaal:claim:3782201-011

**Claim.** Centralized and opaque reputation systems such as China's Social Credit System are unstable in the long run and particularly dangerous, because their computerized bureaucracy makes them inherently rigid and their early successes make them progressively more brittle.

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

**Holds when.**

- centralized and opaque systems administered by computerized bureaucracy

**Source quote.**

> Centralized and opaque systems like the SCS are unstable in the long run. They are particularly dangerous, because their computerized bureaucracy makes them in- herently rigid. Their early successes will make them more and more brittle.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Future of Decentralization* (2021), Reputation systems and Orwellian nightmares, page 17

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Future of Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782201

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `bedf7bcfbb7a9b0112b5848cb0d941b1d41f330dafeee0143a30ff5e8aa53700` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Calcaterra%20and%20Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20Future%20of%20Decentralization.pdf

**Failure mode.** success induced brittleness  (family: reputation-system-gaming)

**Topics.** decentralization, reputation

**Keywords.** social-credit, centralization, brittleness, reputation-systems

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