Power can mean many things; I went through my previous blog postings to find some posts with descriptions of what power is.
Power is the ability to be more equal or more superior to someone else and to be able to make decisions without outside commands. Speaking of equality I one of my posts I spoke about the differences of sameness and equality; this is a topic that involves different levels of power.
In my “to be an adult” post I talked a bit about what life is like after the transition from teen to adult, in a way this is just about how when you get older you gain responsibility and with that responsibility comes power. And in one of my recent posts I commented on the outsourcing cartoon that showed globalization. The 10 flatteners that are causing the world to be flat are symbols of power in the world today. Outsourcing is a good example of power, it shows that you can expand and have work be done in different areas around the world.
Technology is becoming a growing symbol of power because the world today it pushing towards the future and bigger and better technologies. In one of my older posts I wrote about the most important and least important technologies and I also talked about the importance of new technology in our world today.
The most obvious source of power that has been a huge source of power for thousands of years is money. Money has driven people to be more successful and respected; it has made them able to make a higher status for themselves. Money is power.
2 comments:
Hey Philippe! I agree with your statement about how money is power and i like how you supported your idea with specific evidence. However, you can think about it in a different view point. Although money is power, a person needs knowledge to gain money. For example, during the industrial revolution, people got more money because of their inventions, which is a product of knowledge.
Phillipe, I thought that your blog was really interesting, I had written about money being power but I hadn't really thought about the technology part. I think that it was pretty well written for the most part except for the repitition of "Source of Power" in your last paragraph. But I liked it very much!!!! It is very insightful
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