Hierarchies
topic on 1 show · 2 statements across 2 episodes
2 statements about Hierarchies, every show
Andreessen: The internet tears down hierarchies but fails to build governance systems
“The internet is very good at tearing down you know, at tearing down these hierarchies but the internet has not yet proven its ability to build governance systems, right?”
Heffernan: Forced ranking and hierarchies create status contests that block collaboration
“And when you add onto that systems like forced ranking and hierarchies,
You foment necessarily status contests.
And what all of that does is it implies that if I help you might do better, which by inference means I do worse.”