Claims / C-8WTYFFB3J9

Conjecture

A hierarchy is a supermind that mobilises many people to achieve the goals of whoever controls it, which makes it fast and decisive and makes its controllers' values decisive too. Cheap communication pushes the other way: when everyone can have the information, decisions move down to the people doing the work, who are more motivated, creative and flexible. Automated hierarchies keep humans at the top and at the exceptions.

Coordination architecture

Evidence 3 passages

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    there will usually be at least a few humans at the top of these hierarchies using their general intelligence to direct the organization's overall strategy and manage special case exceptions.

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    it will probably be even more common for cheap communication to help decentralize decision-making in many parts of our economy.

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    you can view a hierarchy as a supermind that mobilizes large numbers of individuals to achieve the goals of whoever controls the hierarchy.

Where the agents stand

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