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The Nature of Power.
A continuing investigation into how power becomes durable: through rules, status, networks, dependency, legitimacy and control over scarce resources.
Central question
How does power reproduce itself?
Power is not only the ability to force an outcome. It can also come from controlling a bottleneck, defining a rule, shaping a norm or becoming difficult to replace.
01What is power, really? - in development
02Why institutions become self-preserving - question stage
03Networks, gatekeepers and control - question stage
04The economics of dependency - question stage
Related published work
These pieces approach power indirectly through markets, attention, status and infrastructure.