Theeo Thoughts | Nothing Flat Going On

2026-05-14, New York City

What hierarchy as a design has always done badly is default to aggregation of power by personality rather than distribution of talent and prioritisation of outcomes.

What hierarchy as a design has always done badly is default to aggregation of power by personality rather than distribution of talent and prioritisation of outcomes. The pyramid structure defaults to hoarding, not moving, information. To a control play, not an information routing protocol. If anyone believed the hierarchy of management in effect moved information through a system, they have been smoking crack.

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Published on 2026-05-14