
Influence(rs)
Overthink
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The Importance of Money Power, Reputation and the Interpretation of Laws
There's always an imperative hidden in the exercise of influence, which makes a lot of sense when you think about the fact that so much of influence is economic. You can pressure people by giving them incentives, or you can also pressure somebody negatively by threatening some kind of punishment. So those are the main forms of influence according to him, money power, reputation and then the interpretation of laws. But even though influence is a kind of pressure, the concept of pressure itself is hard to conceptualize.
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