The way to exercise power in a network is by contributing and participating. Much of what we call power is the illusion of control. The only thing we can control is the quality of our response to life. The way to rule the world, as Lao Tzu said, is by letting things simply take their course. Islands in the Clickstream is a weekly column written by Richard Thieme exploring social and cultural dimensions of computer technology.
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