Force

The world of control that determinism opens up extends far beyond science and technology.
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In politics too, and indeed in personal life, control rests upon a similar foundation.
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The application of force based on precise data about the world.
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Accordingly, power-hungry politicians and totalitarian governments are obsessed with controlling the flow of information because, in their view, knowledge is power.
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The same goes for all controlling personalities.
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They want to be privy to inside information.
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They want to know your secrets.
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They hate it when something happens behind their backs.
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That knowledge is equivalent to information is a direct consequence of the world-view that arose with Newtonian kinetics.
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We try to discover all the "forces" bearing on a situation; knowing them, we can control the outcome.
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Provided we have enough force of our own.
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Whether in physics or politics.
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Force plus information equals control.

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Keep that formula in mind next time you read the news. F + I = C.
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Charles Eisenstein