# kaal:claim:3808873-002

**Claim.** Habits formed by analog era socialization are a decentralization neutralizer: people raised in the analog age hold work and social habits that are very hard to change, and they attribute superiority to outdated technology formats even when the content is identical.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** asserted

**Holds when.**

- populations socialized before digital and decentralized technologies

**Source quote.**

> Analog habits remain strong. People who were raised in the analog age have been socialized into engaging in certain basic work related and social habits that are very hard to change.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralization Neutralizers* (2021), I. Introduction, page 3

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization Neutralizers (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808873

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**Failure mode.** Analog Habit Persistence  (family: adoption-and-usability-barrier)

**Topics.** innovation

**Keywords.** analog-habits, path-dependence, technology-adoption, socialization

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