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> Every successful startup eventually discovers that the O(n^2) communication overhead of a perfectly flat org doesn't scale, and needs to adapt to deal with that. The question is whether to develop coordination specialists implicitly or explicitly.
Yep. This is certainly something we feel the pain of and are wrestling with right now.
> Developing doublespeak to protect an idealistic worldview from its incompatibility with reality does seem pathological.
By definition, we don't have anyone that plays the role of "manager" right now (again, for better or worse). I wouldn't call that doublespeak.