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   "text": "Impossibility results establish that no static set of rules can eternally sustain a DAO, which is why DAOs must be set up to run with a dynamic set of rules from the very beginning.",
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   "text": "Keeping dynamic rules coherent over the long run requires a decentralized organization to commit to transcendental values as primary, where transcendental means values that cannot be specified precisely, logically, and completely with formal rules.",
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   "text": "The two sources of instability require different remedies and must not be swapped: dynamic rules are a mismatch for instability caused by the profit motive, and a reputational system is not an efficient method for attenuating instability caused by a group's diverse values.",
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   "text": "Effective human-centric DAO governance is the remedy for rigid smart contract rules that undermine business activities requiring more flexibility in web3 and the metaverse.",
   "abstract": "Effective human-centric DAO governance solves the issue of rid smart contract rules that undermine business activities that require more flexibility in web3 and the metaverse.",
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