# kaal:claim:4067783-039

**Claim.** Diversity of viewpoints is severely diminished when power is centralized, whereas information technology allows a global network open to members of diverse values and backgrounds to form.

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

**Source quote.**

> Diversity of viewpoints is severely diminished when power is centralized. Information technology allows a global network of people to form, open to members of diverse values and backgrounds.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *DAO Fallacies* (2022), III.5 Use#5: Diversity, page 17

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

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**Failure mode.** Viewpoint homogenization under centralized power  (family: recentralization-drift)

**Topics.** decentralization

**Keywords.** diversity, centralization, global-network, viewpoint-diversity

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