# kaal:claim:3782220-039

**Claim.** Decentralized organizations demand more from their members and return more autonomous power and profit, whereas centralized organizations shelter members in a niche and limit and stultify their power in exchange for security.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Source quote.**

> Decentralized organizations demand more from their members and return more, in autonomous power and profit. Centralized organizations shelter their members within a niche in a hierarchy. Centralized organizations limit the power of their mem- bers, stultifying them,

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *The Importance of Transcendental Unifying Values for Decentralization* (2021), Universal values from science and poetry, page 14

**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, risk-and-incentives, ai-and-agents

**Keywords.** decentralization, centralization, member-incentives, autonomy, tradeoffs

**Related claims.**

- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782192-024
- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782191-029

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