# Digitization

`kaal:entity:digitization`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `digitization`. 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

2 claims across 2 works, 2021 to 2021.

**2021**

- [3808852-021](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808852-021) [mechanism/argued] -- The digitization of content is the most lasting contribution to market decentralization, because the physical location of assets matters less as content is digitized and virtual products emerge, so markets are becoming increasingly decentralized.
  > The physical location of assets becomes less important when more content is digitized and online and virtual products emerge. As a result, markets are becoming increasingly decentralized.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization and Feedback Effects (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808852
- [3808859-006](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808859-006) [mechanism/argued] -- Digitization was the precondition for peer-to-peer transactions at scale, and the digital transformation of business enabled, for the first time in history, decentralized production at lower cost.
  > Digitization was a precursor to peer-to-peer transactions at scale. Correspondingly, the digital transformation of business enabled for the first time in history a form of decentralized production at lower cost.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808859

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