How exactly is this double speak? I am parsing this as saying that "nobody" is my boss (if I were at Valve), ESPECIALLY Gabe. If I am working on a team and there is a team lead and he asks me to do something I am most likely inclined to do it with little pushback/skepticism, what the handbook is saying that if Gabe tells me to do something I better damn well run it by 1 or more other people (the team I am on most likely) and discuss it before I even think of doing what he suggests.