> With respect to other environments that encourage autonomy, that last element -- that compensation is uniform -- tends to set Oxide apart: if an environment e

> With respect to other environments that encourage autonomy, that last element -- that compensation is uniform -- tends to set Oxide apart: if an environment encourages both autonomy and stack-based ranking and compensation, it absolutely will create shadow structure. By removing the organizational tumor of variable compensation, Oxide removes the shadow structure that it creates. This sounds like a really profound point. Rather than just saying "it's human nature to form shadow hierarchies", ask why they do it, to what end. If increasing their compensation is removed as a potential motivation, that must change the way people behave.