# Rule gaming

`kaal:entity:rule-gaming`

**Status.** derived

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

**2021**

- [3782192-014](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782192-014) [mechanism/argued] *(failure mode)* -- When the letter of the law becomes more important than the spirit of the law, internal competition for power makes the winning strategy to push behavior to the limit of what is acceptable.
  > When the letter of the law is more important than the spirit of the law, then internal competition for power within the hierarchy reveals the best strategy is to push your behavior to the limit of what is acceptable.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Introduction to Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782192
- [3782214-017](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782214-017) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The engineering assumption that such problems can be entirely avoided through perfect system design is naive: exceptions will always exist because business competition always seeks optimal solutions that sit at the limits of the rules.
  > The typical engineering attitude is that such problems can be entirely avoided with perfect system design. This is naïve. Exceptions will always exist. Business com- petition always seeks optimal solutions which occur at the limits of the rules of behav- ior.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Governance (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782214
- [3782220-031](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782220-031) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- As an organization loses touch with its transcendental values, members use the rules to jockey for position in the hierarchy and corruption erodes the organization's effectiveness.
  > As an organization loses touch with its transcendental values, members use the rules to jockey for position in the hierarchy, and corruption erodes the effective- ness of the organization.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of Transcendental Unifying Values for Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782220

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