# kaal:claim:3782220-001

**Claim.** Strong unifying values are the institution most essential to the long-term stability of a decentralized organization, and they demand continual reevaluation rather than one-time specification.

**Type.** condition  **Support.** asserted

**Holds when.**

- decentralized organizations
- long time horizons

**Source quote.**

> This final essential institution is the most important for long-term stability, and demands eternal reevaluation. Decentralized organizations require strong unifying values to remain coherent.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *The Importance of Transcendental Unifying Values for Decentralization* (2021), Chapter: Transcendental Unifying Values, page 1

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of Transcendental Unifying Values for Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782220

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**Topics.** decentralization, institutional-design, dao, governance-design

**Keywords.** decentralization, transcendental-values, organizational-stability, dao-governance

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