# kaal:claim:4067783-031

**Claim.** In a DAO, a member's influence and outcomes are determined by the value that member's contributions add to the shared work product, rather than by position in a hierarchy.

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

**Holds when.**

- contribution value is measurable and governs influence

**Source quote.**

> DAOs allow influence and outcomes of DAO members to be determined by the value a DAO member's contributions to the shared work product.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *DAO Fallacies* (2022), III.2 Use #2: Future of Work - Work to Earn, page 12

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, DAO Fallacies (2022). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4067783

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**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** value-to-effort, work-to-earn, contribution-value, future-of-work

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