# Cohesion

`kaal:entity:cohesion`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `cohesion`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

3 claims across 3 works, 2020 to 2021.

**2020**

- [3652481-006](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3652481-006) [condition/argued] -- DAOs require values shared by their members in order to unify the membership and guarantee stability of cooperation while the structure remains decentralized.
  > DAOs need values shared by the DAO members to unify them and to guarantee stability of cooperation while maintaining a decentralized structure.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations – Internal Governance and External Legal Design (2020). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3652481

**2021**

- [3782191-020](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782191-020) [condition/argued] -- The shared values and core belief systems of members, not formal hierarchy, provide cohesion and longevity in decentralized systems, as with Wikipedia contributors united by a belief that decentralized collaboration produces superior knowledge outputs.
  > The values and core belief systems of members provide cohesion and longevity in decentralized systems.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Preface to (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782191
- [3981021-021](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3981021-021) [design/argued] -- Decentralized evolutionary and dynamic governance forms the foundation of the CHARITYxDAO community values and core beliefs, and decentralized governance is what provides cohesion and longevity in the DAO.
  > provides the necessary decentralized evolutionary and dynamic governance that forms the foundation of the CHARITYxDAO community values and core beliefs. Decentralized governance provides cohesion and longevity in the CHARITYxDAO.
  Wulf A. Kaal, How Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Optimize Charitable Giving (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3981021

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