“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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