12∞ · Question 11.4.6
Why do the powerful prefer secrecy?
Because knowledge that is shared can be challenged. Rulers have always kept certain matters to themselves; an old Latin phrase calls them the secrets of rule.
From the book 12∞ Twelve to Infinity by D.R. Davenport. The full answer is free to read with an iBelieve account.
Where it sits in the book
- Part
- 11: How Humanity Got Here
- Gate
- 11.4: The Control of Information
- In print
- Page 367
- ← 11.4.5 · Is misinformation a new problem?
- 11.4.7 → · How large is the world of official secrets?
- All of Part 11
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