diff --git a/Open Letter to Google.md b/Open Letter to Google.md index bc26905e4..5fcd194d7 100644 --- a/Open Letter to Google.md +++ b/Open Letter to Google.md @@ -17,5 +17,7 @@ By this I mean not the [[Agora]] as it is in its current form (in which you migh I started the Agora project back in 2017-2019 (depending on how you count) to demonstrate some basic principles in the field of knowledge management that I thought were [[interesting]] and [[important]] to explore in the open. With this letter, I want to make the argument that the Agora represents a step forward in the right direction for a company like Google as it navigates the mid 20s. -# Google should consider becoming more democratic -Most corporations have historically not been democratic at all; governance wise they tend to be (or become) highly hierarchical, in particular as they age and emergent hierarchies solidify and negotiate market pressures. \ No newline at end of file +# Google should seriously consider becoming more democratic +Most corporations have historically not been democratic at all; governance wise they tend to be (or become) highly hierarchical, in particular as they age and emergent hierarchies solidify and negotiate market pressures. + +Google toyed with anti-hierarchy early in its lifetime, way before I joined in 2012. The story goes that Sergey thought \ No newline at end of file