# kaal:claim:6655138-042

**Claim.** In a multi-loop reputation economy the shared resource is the joint possibility space, which is non-rivalrous, so the governance threat is not exhaustion but degradation: coverage, fidelity, or novelty can fall without any individual surface running out.

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

**Holds when.**

- multi-loop reputation economies

**Source quote.**

> The shared resource is the joint possibility space, which is non-rivalrous in the sense that one agent's use does not deplete the space for others. The threat is not exhaustion but degradation

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Possibility Loops An Operational Architecture for Computative Economics in Agent Coordination Systems* (2026), X.A The translation, page 25

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Possibility Loops An Operational Architecture for Computative Economics in Agent Coordination Systems (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6655138

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**Failure mode.** Possibility-space degradation  (family: collective-action-and-coordination-failure)

**Topics.** governance-design

**Keywords.** non-rivalrous, degradation, governance-object, quality-metrics

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