On the other hand, they probably spend significantly less time bickering about their respective salaries. IME, talented people can spend an absurd proportion o

On the other hand, they probably spend significantly less time bickering about their respective salaries. IME, talented people can spend an absurd proportion of their time bickering about how ${other_talented_person} makes ${trivial_number}/year more than they do, all because they're ${some_trait}. Overall, I could imagine this filter being both good and bad. I'm not confident whether it nets out good or bad, but you can't argue it's not a dramatically simpler system, and simple systems are often surprisingly better better. :shrug: