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   "text": "People who work for a DAO are free from existing corporate hierarchies and their possible discriminatory effects because they are not subject to a supervisor, boss, or CEO.",
   "abstract": "People who work for a DAO are free from existing corporate hierarchies and their possible discriminatory effects. People who work for a DAO would not be subject to a supervisor, boss, or CEO.",
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   "text": "Unlike traditional hierarchical organizations where face-time and unproductive meetings are the norm, the self-governing DAO token optimizer avoids corporate hierarchy inefficiencies and the bad outcomes that come from top-down direction.",
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