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Architecture Thesis, 2009-Paul Miller: The Lobby Volume 2, Paul Miller
Architecture Thesis, 2009-Paul Miller: The Lobby Volume 2, Paul Miller
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There have been many projections of a utopian society where all should have access to humanity's total body of knowledge. With that knowledge, the people would be granted power: But in fact, not many have access to the kind of knowledge that produces power; and many who do don't know how to use it. Knowledge is only power if you control it.
In Washington D.C., a priviledged group of political consultants, the lobbyists, have slowly and steadily gained a tremendous amount of power through their control of information needed by private citizens, corporations, and elected officials. Always the middleman, the …