Powershift (book)

The Trinity of Power

The combination of knowledge, wealth and force is described by Toffler as providing individuals or other entities power. Knowledge is the most powerful form of power, considering we are now living in a Knowledge based civilization. Wealth is another form of power, and is flexible in nature, since it can be used as punishment (like a stick) or reward (as a carrot). Finally force, in lay terms violence, is noted as another element of power. It isn't as flexible as the other elements of power, since you can't exactly "take back" shooting someone or punching them in the face. However, the psychological capability that you have force available, like a cowboy or police man with a gun his holster is often all it takes to ensure compliance. When uttering threats, it is best to use an allegorical approach, for example the Mafia might say "you'll be sleeping with the fishes". Threats like these are difficult for the police to prosecute, because of their strategic ambiguity. Individuals who master the Trinity of Power enter the Empire State of Mind that Jay Z refers to and the illuminatti has been using for years.

Transformation of Elements of Power

Toffler emphasizes that any of the elements of power can be transformed from one to another such that the individual has the Trinity no matter where they started from. For example, force, like a gun/knife (or silent threat of a gun/knife) can be used to obtain Knowledge (information) or Wealth (money). Wealth can be used to obtain Force, like hiring a hit man or buying poison. Wealth can be used to obtain knowledge, like bribing or buying a book. But ultimately, knowledge is emphasized as the most effective (efficient) way to start off. Through knowledge, like the knowledge in this article or other sources on the internet, methods can be found to obtain Force (ex. connections to the "under world") and Wealth (ex. stock tips). A Wealth of Knowledge is now available on the internet and at the disposal of the user through the finger tips. In particular, information related to cybernetics, the modern word for things like casting voodoo spells is freely found on Youtube and other sources. Cybernetics also relates to other fields like numerology and symbology which are powerful tools for obtaining Force and Wealth. Considering Toffler refers to our civilization and economy based upon symbology, or a "symbolic economy", then this is indeed powerful for any individual.

The Power of Knowledge

Toffler emphasizes that of the trinity of power, the use of wealth and force is available to the Rich and Powerful, however knowledge is something available to even the weak and poor. What's interesting about Knowledge is that it can be generated infinitely as we all try to reach an understanding of "The Truth" if there is one. In Toffler's words, "Knowledge is the most democratic source of Power".

Powershift in the matrix

According to philosophers like Baudrillard who coined the term "Simulation and Simulacra", as well as pioneers like Elon Musk, people are likely living in a simulation as popularized by movies like The Matrix. Humans are inextricably linked to the matrix through humanistic intelligence as described by Steve Mann. Contrary to popular belief, there is no real rise of artificial intelligence since the Universe as we know it is already "intelligent" on its own beyond the mere neural connections of our own brains an infinity fold. Ideas like this have been explored through philosophers like Spinoza, which viewed the entirety of the Universe as the Mind of God. Lao Tzu and the "I Ching" refer to this higher intelligence as "The Way", and it can be mastered through proper cybernetics by humans through understanding symbology and for the time being, numbers.

An Awakening in the Force

With the wide availability of the "Green Pill" in Canada, or more precisely cannabis, users are able to transfer sub-conscious data in an indestructible, unnoticeable, untraceable, P2P network. Faster transfer is available by looking into one another's eyes, as the eyes have been famously called "the window to the soul". Joey BadA$$ has alluded to this idea in his famous song "Christ Consciousness".

Mastering your Inner Machine

The sub-conscious is constantly computing knowledge, crunching numbers and processing symbols. This is alluded to in Humanistic Intelligence. The sub-conscious is like a personal computer. Through being conscious of this and mastering it with the human's will, anything becomes possible in the Matrix.

Consequences of Freely Available Knowledge

Elon Musk once said that the creation of the internet was when "Humanity got its own nervous system". The internet has created a freely distributed power system, where individuals all have the same potential for power in society because the power of knowledge is no longer limited to a limited few. In the coming years, the rise of a Anarchic Communistic Capitalist (ACC) System will exist regardless of the facade of existing power structures, much as the Queen of England is merely a figure head to the real power that will exist with the people.