Η βία της πληροφορίας I

Ακόμα και να ξεσκαρτάρεις μέσα στο πλήθος των πληροφοριών κάποια πράγματα, πρέπει να τα βιώσεις για να τα κατανοήσεις.

C: While in prison, I learned everything
in this world, including money...operates not on reality...

B: But the perception of reality.

C: Position: People think a bank might be financially shaky.
Consequence:

B: People start to withdraw their money.

C: Result: Soon, it is financially shaky.

B: Conclusion: You can make banks fail.

C: I've already done that. Maybe you've read about a few?
Think bigger.

B: Stock market?

C: Yes.

B: Currency market? Commodities market?

C: Yes.

B: Small countries?

C: There's a war out there, old friend, a world war.
And it's not about who's got the most bullets.
It's about who controls the information:
...what we see and hear, how we work, what we think.
It's all about the information.

(Sneakers (1992))

Η σύγχρονη οικονομία είναι μια ψευδαίσθηση και είναι εκνευριστική όταν γίνεται απτή πραγματικότητα.