# Friction

`kaal:entity:friction`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `friction`. 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**

- [3782192-008](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782192-008) [definitional/asserted] -- Friction is the inefficient allocation of power, meaning that a different distribution of power would let the organization reach its goals more easily, and it is an ever present feature of any hierarchy.
  > Friction is simply the inefficient allo- cation of power, which is an ever-present feature in any hierarchy. By inefficient allo- cation of power, we mean that if the distribution of power were changed, the goals of the organization could be achieved more easily.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Introduction to Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782192
- [3782192-009](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782192-009) [mechanism/argued] -- The most common source of friction is the natural tendency of hierarchies to concentrate power at the top through a rich get richer mechanism: a more powerful member can use their greater power to gain still more power than a weaker member can.
  > The most common type of friction comes from the natural tendency of a hierarchy to concentrate power at the top. The basic mechanism is "the rich get richer". A more powerful member is able to use their greater power to gain more power, in any stage, than a weaker member can.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Introduction to Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782192
- [3782192-013](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782192-013) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Corruption is technically inevitable in any hierarchy, because it is impossible to create a perfectly efficient organization in practice and there is friction in every real system.
  > Corruption is technically inevitable in any hierarchy, since it is impossible to create a perfectly efficient organization in practice—there is friction in every real system.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Introduction to Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782192

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