This is the only non-boring post about power to be found on the internet.
NPCs, please stay away from this thread.
NPCs, please stay away from this thread.
Power is one of those rare notions that fascinates both people at the top of the human social hierarchy and specimens stuck in their parents' basements.
It's also a subject of choice for scaring away the bimbos at parties, since power - as everyone knows - is not talked about... It's shown!
The thing about power is that it's intrinsically linked to who we are and what we want from life.
The thing about power is that it's intrinsically linked to who we are and what we want from life.
No guy in the world is going to tell you that he wants to be a miserable peasant unable to pay his bills.
Everyone dreams of being able to give orders to others, and be respected for it.
This is an interesting point:
Everyone wants power.
Everyone dreams of being able to give orders to others, and be respected for it.
This is an interesting point:
Everyone wants power.
However, it is difficult to address the notion of power, because it is mixed with the notion of authority.
Power is material.
Authority is personal.
I couldn't find any intelligent transition, so you'll have to deal with it.
Power is material.
Authority is personal.
I couldn't find any intelligent transition, so you'll have to deal with it.
Without transition, and as promised, here is a little framework of the notion of power from prehistory to web3:
Let's go!
Let's go!
Phase 0: No stakes, no power.
Prehistoric societies were much less violent than we imagine.
Prehistoric societies were much less violent than we imagine.
This is because in order to survive, humans needed group cohesion to hunt and defend themselves.
The hierarchy was simple: the strongest was the leader, he ate first and fucked first.
The hierarchy was simple: the strongest was the leader, he ate first and fucked first.
Phase 1: Agriculture, that bitch.
The discovery of agriculture changed everything in human life.
For the first time it was possible not only to create wealth, but also to store it.
This wealth creation had to be managed.
The discovery of agriculture changed everything in human life.
For the first time it was possible not only to create wealth, but also to store it.
This wealth creation had to be managed.
A new class was born: those who manage.
With the birth of this class, humans chose (not really) to specialize:
With the birth of this class, humans chose (not really) to specialize:
The strong ones who can fight started to protect the stocks.
The fatter ones who can't fight started to plow the land.
The smallest ones who can't fight started to think very hard.
The fatter ones who can't fight started to plow the land.
The smallest ones who can't fight started to think very hard.
From the first group came the warriors.
From the second group came the peasants.
And those in the third group finally figured out what to do: tell stories to entertain the others.
Then accidentally they invented what will give them all their future power: Religion.
From the second group came the peasants.
And those in the third group finally figured out what to do: tell stories to entertain the others.
Then accidentally they invented what will give them all their future power: Religion.
Phase 2: The power of God.
With the advent of religion, these skinny representatives who can't fight found a way to reverse the balance of power.
With the advent of religion, these skinny representatives who can't fight found a way to reverse the balance of power.
Together they managed to convince the strongest (the warriors) that they knew what was after death.
The skinny guys who can't fight aren't idiots, they told the warriors that if they were strong, it was because they were chosen by God himself (can you smell the scam?).
The skinny guys who can't fight aren't idiots, they told the warriors that if they were strong, it was because they were chosen by God himself (can you smell the scam?).
And that in order for God to guarantee them eternal happiness, they had to listen to the skinny guys who can't fight.
Thus was born the church.
Thus was born the church.
Phase 3: How money killed God.
What killed the power of the church was its replacement by something much more palpable: Money.
What killed the power of the church was its replacement by something much more palpable: Money.
You can't really talk about power without mentioning the notion of money and how it was central to the new conception of power.
During the Middle Ages, having power was a matter for God.
During the Middle Ages, having power was a matter for God.
You were born rich and stayed rich all your life, and that was not the most important thing.
The most important thing was how many titles the skinny guys who couldn't fight gave you in the name of God.
Then reality caught up with fiction.
The most important thing was how many titles the skinny guys who couldn't fight gave you in the name of God.
Then reality caught up with fiction.
Today the notion of power has given way to the notion of wealth.
If you are rich, people give you the right to power.
If you are rich, people give you the right to power.
Phase 4: Decentralization.
People are tired of being ordered around.
It's normal, they want to be free.
People are tired of being ordered around.
It's normal, they want to be free.
People also want to be shown that they are not superior to them.
So they want equality. And since equality... doesn't exist, they have invented a system of decentralization where the group rules rather than the individual.
So they want equality. And since equality... doesn't exist, they have invented a system of decentralization where the group rules rather than the individual.
The system relies on technology to ensure that everything works according to rules of fairness.
So far it's not working.
Just like anarchism or communism didn't work.
But I don't want to insult the future, we'll see what tomorrow is made of.
So far it's not working.
Just like anarchism or communism didn't work.
But I don't want to insult the future, we'll see what tomorrow is made of.
I hope you enjoyed this little thread.
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