Hierarchies are essential for any functioning society


Agree

  • Coordination requires leadership structure
  • Competence differences are real
  • Every successful organization has hierarchies
  • Human nature gravitates toward pecking orders

Disagree

  • Flat organizations innovate faster
  • Hierarchies concentrate power and corruption
  • Cooperation works better than domination
  • Many indigenous societies functioned without them

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