[jaccarmac]

I don't think we agree that much.

> And I think [starting with anthropology] makes zero sense, since the goals, structure and size of hunter-gatherers bands and large work organizations are not even remotely comparable.

The relative size of these groups are obviously different.

The relative structure is exactly what is under discussion.

Relative goals: Now we're getting somewhere. There may be some people who "just want to code or get my brilliant ideas accepted without further discussion", but that doesn't seem particularly interesting to me. I - and I believe many other people - are interested in a society which achieves goals other than individual aggrandizement or increased production. Anthropology provides a perspective on what groups of people valued and to which degree they flourished. I suppose I might just be a simpleton, but supporting the weak and elderly read to me as rather worthy pursuits, not to mention hard problems.