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Matt Mullenweg with Sam Harris on Distributed Work’s Five Levels of Autonomy

Distributed, with Matt Mullenweg

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How to Hire the Right People for the Job

At Slack, we screen for writing ability. We'll hire many people without ever actually talking to them in real time or on voice. This is going to be a windfall for all the humanities degrees. There's a level five when you're doing better work than if you just got people reacting to things in real time.

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