# Values `kaal:entity:values` **Status.** derived This node is assembled mechanically from the 7 claims that carry the concept tag `values`. 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 7 claims across 3 works, 2021 to 2021. **2021** - [3782191-020](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782191-020) [condition/argued] -- The shared values and core belief systems of members, not formal hierarchy, provide cohesion and longevity in decentralized systems, as with Wikipedia contributors united by a belief that decentralized collaboration produces superior knowledge outputs. > The values and core belief systems of members provide cohesion and longevity in decentralized systems. Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Preface to (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782191 - [3782214-035](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782214-035) [mechanism/argued] -- It does not matter what a DAO architect intends, because the resulting rules of the game are what tell players what to value; governance parameters therefore determine the organization's actual values regardless of stated intent. > it doesn't matter what the architects' intentions are, the resulting rules of the game tell the players what to value. Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Governance (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782214 - [3782220-003](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782220-003) [mechanism/argued] -- Efficiency is only meaningful relative to goals, and understanding goals is the same as understanding values, so maintaining a system's efficiency requires adherence to its values. > In order to maintain efficiency, we must understand the answer to the question, "Efficiency in the pursuit of what goals?" Understanding our goals is effectively the same as understanding our values. Therefore, to maintain the system, to maintain its efficiency, we must adhere to our values. Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of Transcendental Unifying Values for Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782220 - [3782220-019](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782220-019) [empirical/argued] -- Where the line between public and private information falls is a function of a society's values, as the divergence between American, German, and Chinese practice shows. > The line between what is public information and private information is a function of a society's values. Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of Transcendental Unifying Values for Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782220 - [3782220-025](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782220-025) [mechanism/argued] -- Identifying a network's values is not an academic exercise: values determine goals, goals determine how rewards and punishments are set up, and that reward structure determines the network's future and whether it survives. > Your network's values determine your goals, which determine how your rewards and punishments are set up, which determine your net- work's future and whether it will survive. Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of Transcendental Unifying Values for Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782220 - [3782220-026](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782220-026) [design/argued] -- Governance design choices must be matched to the network's values, because otherwise the reward structure will dictate the true goals and thereby determine what the network actually values. > you need to match your governance design choices to your values, or else the reward structure will dic- tate the true goals, which will determine what the network ultimately values. Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of Transcendental Unifying Values for Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782220 - [3782220-034](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782220-034) [normative/argued] -- Scientists do not deserve and can never earn the authority to rule on whether we should ask what meaning or values lie behind the rules guiding the universe; on that subject they have less authority than those who study spirituality, theology, morality, or poetry. > Scientists do not deserve to rule on the question of whether we should ask what the meaning is behind the rules guiding the universe, or the values they might reflect. They have less author- ity on this subject than someone who studies spirituality or theology or morality or poetry. Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of Transcendental Unifying Values for Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782220 ## Verify Every claim above resolves to a record carrying a verbatim source quote, the sha256 of the source PDF, and a preformatted citation. 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