# kaal:claim:3782201-015

**Claim.** The fallacy of uniformitarianism is the belief that the social harmony we enjoy today, especially in economically advanced nations, is natural and automatic rather than the product of cultural and public institutions.

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

**Source quote.**

> The fallacy of uniformitarianism is to believe that the social harmony we enjoy today, especially in economically advanced nations, is natural and automatic.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Future of Decentralization* (2021), The fallacy of Uniformitarianism and Chesterton’s fence, page 20

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

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**Failure mode.** fallacy of uniformitarianism  (family: collective-action-and-coordination-failure)

**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** uniformitarianism, institutions, chestertons-fence, social-harmony

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