# kaal:claim:3808867-008

**Claim.** Because decentralism pursues growth through connectivity and network effects rather than through per unit cost reduction and economies of scale, negative externalities are minimized without any centralized planning.

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

**Holds when.**

- systems organized around network effects rather than economies of scale

**Source quote.**

> is focused on connectivity and growth through network effects. As such, negative externalities are minimized without centralized planning.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *How Decentralized Systems Can Upgrade AI* (2021), II. Decentralism Transcends Capitalism and Socialism, page 6

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, How Decentralized Systems Can Upgrade AI (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808867

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `eeccf6d0587bd278a96ce6ac8ec5003e26d161c245f6c94b4144d84f374802eb` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20How%20Decentralized%20Systems%20Can%20Upgrade%20AI.pdf

**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** decentralism, externalities, network-effects, central-planning

**Related claims.**

- restates: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3709041-013

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