I'm noticing lots of people with both the opinion "I don't think I could work under a boss" and "hierarchies are efficient". But there's a tension between these two.

Efficiency properly understood isn't output per man-hour, it's output per unit unpleasantness. That follows from standard econ definitions of efficiency.

Of course a given person could argue that they're uniquely hierarchy-averse and hierarchy is good for normies, but it's always healthy to have some suspicion when your logic leads you to say "unpleasant thing X is good but it's for other people".

Very Animal Farm “all animals are equal… but some are more equal” vibes

time and again it’s important to question one’s biases.