To be clear, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with hierarchies. I implied that when I said that ‘cogs’ are necessary. Hierarchies are a good way of organizi

To be clear, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with hierarchies. I implied that when I said that ‘cogs’ are necessary. Hierarchies are a good way of organizing work. But, I do think there is a problem with social and economic systems that encourage animal hierarchies - ones where a person’s birth status directly affects their future social status. That is very inefficient.