# Individual autonomy

`kaal:entity:individual-autonomy`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `individual-autonomy`. 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 2 works, 2021 to 2021.

**2021**

- [3782193-019](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782193-019) [normative/argued] -- The lesson the authors draw from Imperial China and Pharaonic Egypt is that decentralization of power and individual autonomy give long-term stability when the society also has unifying ideals it can believe in.
  > The lesson of Im- perial China, and Pharaonic Egypt before it, is that decentralization of power, individ- ual autonomy, gives long-term stability when there are unifying ideals that the society can believe in.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Historical Sketches of Centralization vs. Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782193
- [3782201-004](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782201-004) [mechanism/argued] -- Self policing is more effective when the members themselves hold the power, because a centralized hierarchy in which each member holds distinct powers and responsibilities is more prone to structural corruption.
  > The power of decentralization is individual autonomy. Self-policing their own members is more effective when the members have the power, unlike a centralized hierarchy which is more prone to structural corruption when each member holds distinct powers and responsibilities.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Future of Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782201
- [3782201-019](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782201-019) [design/argued] -- The correct goal is not to eliminate the middlemen but to automate them, because unlike human middlemen automated middlemen can be designed so that they do not contribute to the corruption they were built to fight.
  > Automating these middlemen functions makes them more efficient, like the chemical catalysts in a cell. Unlike human middlemen, automated middlemen can be designed so that they don't contribute to the corruption they were designed to fight.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Future of Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782201

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