ParEcon seems to avoid some of the Tyranny of Structurelessness. (http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/hist_texts/structurelessness.html http://flag.blackened.net/r

ParEcon seems to avoid some of the Tyranny of Structurelessness. (http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/hist_texts/structurelessness.html http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/hist_texts/structurelessnes...) Valve shouldn't be a surprise. Despite all the ink spilled over management literature, even normal companies are typically full of dysfunction. There is no royal road to getting rid of defacto bosses. I've been in companies which claim to be "flat". But that's just code for "management is less aggressive than usual". Our institutions make it hard to be flat. Analysis of serious attempts: (http://www.zcommunications.org/the-newstandard-a-parecon-workplace-is-possible-by-jessica-azulay http://www.zcommunications.org/the-newstandard-a-parecon-wor...) and (http://www.zcommunications.org/work-after-capitalism-by-paul-burrows http://www.zcommunications.org/work-after-capitalism-by-paul...)