The orbs create feedback loops that can influence either personal of employee behavior.
In Mexico, the perception of power is power.
Media play a powerful role in establishing and perpetuating social norms.
I think power will do anything to survive and one of its main techniques is the rule of exceptions. So it makes an exception out of people and we worship them, whether that's Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks. These people become beatified beyond recognition.
Bad ideas flourish because they are in the interest of powerful groups.
Inside the noisy and chaotic modern information sphere, the message doesn't matter nearly as much as the messenger.
There's a lingering notion that elites continue to lead, and the masses will follow. This historic model of influence was predicated on the belief that elites have access to superior information and their interests are interconnected with those of the broader public.
Establishment suggests there must be some Wizard of Oz somewhere pulling the strings. That's not the way it works. There are individuals like myself. I sat there and watched Donald Trump, and I said, look, someone has got to say something.
The mechanism she employs is much more powerful than ours, for all her levers move the human heart.
The similarity is that concentration of capital influences virtually everything that goes on. It influences the way the media functions, it very powerfully influences how the government works and it of course influences corporate sector elements, like say how Google or Amazon present materials that reach the public.
Associations are both subtle and powerful.
