# Positive sum `kaal:entity:positive-sum` **Status.** derived This node is assembled mechanically from the 8 claims that carry the concept tag `positive-sum`. 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 8 claims across 8 works, 2019 to 2022. **2019** - [3441904-043](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3441904-043) [mechanism/argued] -- Reputation based DAO governance turns a zero sum game into a positive sum game, because members are given incentives to build lasting non fungible value through a long term record of productive cooperation that improves the DAO. > DAO members have incentives to create lasting non-fungible value for the institution by developing a long-term non-fungible record of productive cooperation that in effect improves the DAO. Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain-Based Corporate Governance (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3441904 **2020** - [3652481-037](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3652481-037) [mechanism/argued] -- The reputation based DevDAO governance design creates a positive sum game, because members have incentives to build lasting non fungible value through a long term record of productive cooperation that improves the DevDAO itself. > By contrast, the reputation- based DevDAO governance design creates a positive-sum game because DevDAO members have incentives to create lasting non- fungible value for the DevDAO by developing a long-term non- fungible record of productive cooperation that in effect improves the DevDAO. Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations – Internal Governance and External Legal Design (2020). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3652481 **2021** - [3782193-032](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782193-032) [mechanism/argued] -- Adding reputation to the contracting game converts it from a single-stage zero-sum game into a repeated positive-sum game in which the rest of the community becomes relevant, because reputation is a future-oriented commodity that pays off with the promise of future contracts. > By adding reputation to the game, it becomes a repeated game, and the rest of the community becomes relevant. Reputation is a future-oriented commodity, which pays off profits with the promise of future contracts. Now the game is a repeated game which is positive-sum. Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Historical Sketches of Centralization vs. Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782193 - [3782205-021](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782205-021) [mechanism/argued] -- Reputation rather than money is the proper motivator of good behavior in business and governance, because properly accounting for reputation switches incentives from short-term zero-sum thinking to long-term positive-sum behavior. > This is the proper goal, instead of money, for motivating good behavior in business and governance. Properly accounting for reputation switches the incentives from short-term zero-sum thinking to long-term positive-sum behavior. Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Eight Institutions for the Evolution of Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782205 - [3782210-005](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782210-005) [mechanism/argued] -- Reputation converts a transaction from a single-stage zero-sum game into a repeated positive-sum game by holding out the promise of future business opportunities, so the value created is the improved reputation of both parties. > Reputation does this with the promise of future business opportunities. This changes the transaction from a single-stage zero-sum game into a repeated positive-sum game. Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of Reputation for the Evolution of Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782210 - [3782217-024](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782217-024) [mechanism/argued] -- Contrary to the common fear, wide scale decentralization of media power will not collapse centralized corporations, just as Napster and BitTorrent did not collapse the centralized music companies; decentralization does not take power from centralized actors, it increases everyone's power. > Wide scale decentralization of power in the media will not collapse the power of centralized corporations, any more than file sharing services like Napster and Bit- Torrent6 collapsed the power of the centralized music companies. Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of History In Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782217 - [3799320-032](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3799320-032) [mechanism/argued] -- Reputation based governance creates a positive sum game because members have incentives to build lasting non fungible value through a long term record of productive cooperation. > By contrast, the reputation-based DAO of DAOs governance design creates a positive-sum game because DAO of DAOs members have incentives to create lasting non-fungible value for the DAO of DAOs by developing a long- term non-fungible record of productive cooperation Wulf A. Kaal, A Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) of DAOs (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3799320 **2022** - [4067783-029](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4067783-029) [mechanism/argued] -- A meaningful reputation governance and accounting mechanism for motivating business and governance participation is what encourages mutually beneficial contributions to a DAO community. > A meaningful reputation governance and accounting mechanism for motivating business and governance participation encourages mutually beneficial contributions to the community. Wulf A. Kaal, DAO Fallacies (2022). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4067783 ## Verify Every claim above resolves to a record carrying a verbatim source quote, the sha256 of the source PDF, and a preformatted citation. Nothing here asks to be taken on trust. curl -s https://wulfkaal.github.io/entities/positive-sum.md | sha256sum **Canonical form.** This markdown file is the canonical hashed representation of this entity node. Its sha256 is the content hash.