# Personal freedom

`kaal:entity:personal-freedom`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `personal-freedom`. 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, 2018 to 2021.

**2018**

- [3227933-028](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3227933-028) [condition/argued] -- Personal happiness, freedom and expression can thrive better in a decentralized world only on the condition that the decentralized world provides a secure environment, which is why blockchain platforms attract people.
  > Personal happiness, freedom and expression can better thrive in a decentralized world, provided, of course, that it offers a secure environment. This is why so many people are intrigued and captured by blockchain platforms.
  Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, Why 'Blockchain' Will Disrupt Corporate Organizations (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3227933

**2021**

- [3808867-001](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808867-001) [mechanism/argued] -- Decentralized systems create a self reinforcing feedback loop between unique individual inputs and personal freedom: as the quality of unique individual inputs improves the system, the system places higher value on the uniqueness of human inputs, and personal liberties expand as a result.
  > As the system improves with the quality of unique individual inputs, the system increasingly values the uniqueness of human inputs, and as a result, personal liberties and freedom increase.
  Wulf A. Kaal, How Decentralized Systems Can Upgrade AI (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808867

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