# Social cohesion

`kaal:entity:social-cohesion`

**Status.** derived

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

- [3782193-020](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782193-020) [condition/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Without a transcendental spiritual or philosophical principle to unify a society, its rules erode as exceptions to the routine are discovered that improve function temporarily yet violate the founding principles of the culture, and such violations split the population.
  > With- out a transcendental spiritual/philosophical principle to unify a society, the rules erode as exceptions to the routine are found which improve function temporarily, yet violate the founding principles of the culture. Such violations split the population.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Historical Sketches of Centralization vs. Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782193
- [3782198-002](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782198-002) [mechanism/asserted] *(failure mode)* -- Rapid movement of edge knowledge into the mainstream via social media is not costless: it can dissolve existing societal consensus, social cohesion among established groups, and order in the process.
  > Similarly, knowledge and views from the edges of society can be moved into societal mainstream very quickly via social media. This transfer can remove existing societal consensus, social cohesion among established groups, and order in the process.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Contemporary Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782198
- [3808852-040](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808852-040) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Because social media can move knowledge and views from the edges of society into the mainstream very quickly, this transfer can remove existing societal consensus, social cohesion among established groups, and order in the process.
  > Similarly, knowledge and views from the edges of society can be moved into societal mainstream very quickly via social media. This transfer can remove existing societal consensus, social cohesion among established groups, and order in the process.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization and Feedback Effects (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808852

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