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On the nature of power – where it comes from, how it spirals out of control

Power. That is the abstract concept behind the one of leadership, fundamental to understand the evolution of human sociality. The nature of power is elusive and yet fascinating.  Everyone wants power . There are the ones who want to rule, and they need power; the ones who strive to accomplish, and they need power; even the ones who just wish to live quiet and unnoticed, they need the power to have someone else manage responsibilities in their place. Any ambition has to be sustained by power. And power is in the first place the power to choose; who to be, what to do, how to act or even to not act at all. What is power? So many variables and just one word, then. What is power? How would you define it? ‘Power’ has many possible facets, depending on the contexts. In general, we can say that power is the capability to bend and shape specific aspects of reality according to one’s will. This is magnified when people work together – humans are a social ...
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The manipulation of society - how people are made to believe

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Our society is a complex system, people interconnected on multiple levels of interaction. It has to be somehow dynamic in order to match, reflect and contribute to progress. In fact, society evolves similar to how living species do – under environmental pressure. Like a building lying on shifting foundations, its walls moving along and adjusting their shape to remain intact, society continuously changes. All of those steps answer internal or external needs and opportunities. Looking at the West, how is the society evolving? What its needs, what the opportunities?     The needs can easily be declined in terms of money, power, influence, supremacy – progress costs, after all. New opportunities to fulfill those needs, and how the may be exploited, depend on the context. For instance, technological innovations can provide lots of surprises – like Internet has been an horizon of the events in respect to communications. We could talk about many different aspects – in part alrea...
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8 - Anatomy, physiology and pathology of the State - kidneys

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And here is another piece in our series - our puzzle of how a State would look like if it was a human body.    We last talked about about lungs as investments , bringing money in the system; and before that, we compared blood to money and the heart to trade .     A major player in regulating blood homeostasis is the kidney. What would a good equivalent be in a State?     Let us unravel it. Anatomy - Kidneys filter blood as Central Banks check on finance and economy from Johnson MD, Human Biology, Concepts and Current Issues, 7th Edition; the Urinary System [https://slideplayer.com/slide/6204959/] Kindeys are remarkable organs. Their functional unit is the nephron, made of the glomerulus, the Bowman's capsule and the renal tubule. The filtration process is carried by the glomerulus, with an arteriole that enters and divides to form a net of capillaries. Those then recompose themselves in another arteriole which exits the glomerul...
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