# kaal:claim:3808859-005

**Claim.** Technological transformation stalls until its supporting infrastructure exists: the digital transformation was inhibited until infrastructure was built, laws were updated, and new institutions were created, just as the steam and combustion engines required new streets, wiring, laws, and institutions.

**Type.** condition  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- holds for transformational technologies that require societal coordination

**Source quote.**

> digital transformation was inhibited until the needed infrastructure was built, laws were updated, and new institutions were created.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades* (2021), II.2 Digital Transformation, page 10

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808859

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**Failure mode.** infrastructure lag inhibits transformation  (family: cold-start-and-bootstrapping)

**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** infrastructure, digital-transformation, industrial-revolution, institutions

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