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Steven Diller's avatar

Good stuff as always! I was left wondering about authority based on competence as a type of power. Unlike other types, its exercise generally doesn’t depend on an implicit threat of injury. So would its visual projection need to be different?

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Christopher Ireland's avatar

Interesting speculation Steve. I struggled with that too. I think it depends on the context and where the competence lies. If it’s intellectual competence in a work environment, its projection might be subtle. If it’s physical competence in a battle, the projection would be more overt and threatening, right?

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Steven Diller's avatar

I’m not sure. The more I look at the idea of “power,” and how representing it symbolically can reinforce, reinterpret or diminish it, the more perplexed I get about what it really is in the first place!

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