How Power Became Faceless—and Why It Matters
Who’s really in charge? It’s not who you think
Once upon a time, we had a king.
Our king might be kind and benevolent. He might be brutal and sadistic. Often he was both. But one thing was never in doubt: we knew who was in charge.
Now we don’t.
The Age of Kings had no shortage of bureaucrats. The kingdom needed coin-counters, diplomats, scribes, and accountants to keep the …
