# Essentials

`kaal:entity:essentials`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `essentials`. 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 1 works, 2021 to 2021.

**2021**

- [3782220-013](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782220-013) [design/argued] -- The efficient arrangement is that all of society shares the essentials while individuals remain free to pursue nonessentials, which puts government business in charge of essentials and leaves private business free to pursue nonessentials.
  > The answer that makes the economy efficient, is that all of society should share the essentials, but individuals should be free to chase after their own desires for non- essentials. There are two types of business: government business and private busi-
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of Transcendental Unifying Values for Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782220
- [3782220-015](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782220-015) [design/asserted] -- Overhead institutions that protect or promote essentials should be governed and borne by the group, while those protecting nonessentials should be governed and borne privately, with each DAO deciding for itself what is essential to its function.
  > Overhead institutions to protect or promote essentials should be governed and borne by the group, protecting and promoting non- essentials should be governed and borne privately. Each DAO must decide what is es- sential to its function;
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of Transcendental Unifying Values for Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782220
- [3782220-016](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782220-016) [condition/argued] -- Because what counts as essential shifts with the market, a network must not only identify its values but also maintain a dynamic governance process for constantly reinterpreting those values as circumstances change.
  > Importantly, the decision of what is essential versus non-essential will change depending on the market. The system must have a dynamic governance process for constantly reinterpreting our values in the face of changing circumstances.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of Transcendental Unifying Values for Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782220

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